PROBABLY OTTOMAN; TWO DECORATED INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUNS
the first with tapering barrel formed in three stages, flaring at the muzzle and retained by three slender bands, chiselled and engraved with flowers and foliage within a series of fluted panels over its length, the breech with integral pan and standing back sight, action enclosed by a pair of shaped iron panels, full stock, iron butt-cap with cusped border, and iron ramrod; the second swamped, and encrusted with silver at the muzzle and breech (rubbed); and the third and fourth each with full stock painted with game scenes in polychrome, the first: 102.3 cm barrel (4)
Sold for £440
PROBABLY OTTOMAN; TWO DECORATED INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUNS
the first with tapering barrel formed in three stages, flaring at the muzzle and retained by three slender bands, chiselled and engraved with flowers and foliage within a series of fluted panels over its length, the breech with integral pan and standing back sight, action enclosed by a pair of shaped iron panels, full stock, iron butt-cap with cusped border, and iron ramrod; the second swamped, and encrusted with silver at the muzzle and breech (rubbed); and the third and fourth each with full stock painted with game scenes in polychrome, the first: 102.3 cm barrel (4)
Auction: Olympia Timed: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria December 2024, ending 8th Dec, 2024