with tapering barrels of square section engraved with scrollwork on the top-flats and divided by a wood fillet, shaped integral pans with pivot-covers, flat locks, each engraved with a pair of lines on the tail and with six stars enclosing a central star beneath the pans, fitted with shaped serpentines operated by separate triggers, full stock, and strongly curved butt carved in imitation of a horn, inlaid with a bone portrait rondel beneath the action and a further rondel on each side of the butt, 25.5 cm overall
Sold for £440
with tapering barrels of square section engraved with scrollwork on the top-flats and divided by a wood fillet, shaped integral pans with pivot-covers, flat locks, each engraved with a pair of lines on the tail and with six stars enclosing a central star beneath the pans, fitted with shaped serpentines operated by separate triggers, full stock, and strongly curved butt carved in imitation of a horn, inlaid with a bone portrait rondel beneath the action and a further rondel on each side of the butt, 25.5 cm overall
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)