Ending 21st Apr, 2024 14:00

Olympia Timed Spring 2024

 
Lot 169
 

169

A 34 BORE SARDINIAN MIQUELET-LOCK MUSKET, 18TH CENTURY

with slender octagonal barrel (slightly bent and expertly repaired) retained by two slender iron bands, flat iron lock with external mechanism and engraved details, three-quarter stock, the fore-end partly encased in large panels of chiselled iron decorated with flowers and foliage, a further pierced panel decorated with elaborate scrolls of foliage opposite beneath the lock, curved butt of characteristic form overlaid with a decorated iron plaque along the comb, iron trigger-guard inlaid with brass, and iron ramrod, 122.5 cm barrel


 

with slender octagonal barrel (slightly bent and expertly repaired) retained by two slender iron bands, flat iron lock with external mechanism and engraved details, three-quarter stock, the fore-end partly encased in large panels of chiselled iron decorated with flowers and foliage, a further pierced panel decorated with elaborate scrolls of foliage opposite beneath the lock, curved butt of characteristic form overlaid with a decorated iron plaque along the comb, iron trigger-guard inlaid with brass, and iron ramrod, 122.5 cm barrel

Auction: Olympia Timed Spring 2024, ending 21st Apr, 2024

 

Including:

Antique Arms & Armour

Asian Works of Art

Fine Art Books, Including Books from Three Specialist Libraries of Indian and South-East Asian Art Reference Books

Works by Nadira Azzouz (Iraqi 1927-2020)

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