Rediscovered Tipu Sultan swords from Cornwall’s Port Eliot to be auctioned at Christie’s
Two previously unrecorded Tipu Sultan swords have been consigned to Christie’s from descendants of Charles, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805) who live at stately home Port Eliot in Cornwall.
The sale of the swords will fund conservation works at the historic home.
The two swords comprise a…