Currently mounted on what is likely a replacement blade, the medium green nephrite jade hilt is embellished with inlaid silver hybrid designs of pendant grape bunches dangling from thin stalks with stylized acanthus leaves rather than a true-to-life meandering grape vine with grape leaves. The acanthus leaves are represented in two forms: digitally compound clusters of either five or three leaves and split leaves that form a border along the mouth of the hilt where the tang of the blade is inserted and at the end of the pommel or knob-like butt of the hilt. Silver inlay is rarely found in the Imperial Mughal decorative art tradition. Rather, its use is primarily associated with a distinctive metal alloy, known as bidri, which often features silver inlay. The leading production centers of bidri-ware were in Bidar, Karnataka and Hyderabad, Telangana during the late 16th through 19th centuries. Given that silver-inlaid jades likely represent a syncretic mixture of the Mughal medium of jade with the Deccani bidri technique of silver inlay, it is probable that the patrons of the silver-inlaid jades were Mughal nobles serving in the Hyderabad region during the first three-quarters of the 18th century. The small number of extant silver-inlaid jades and their modest repertoire of decorative motifs help corroborate their limited locale and production duration.