4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
86
AN 18 BORE NORTH INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN
with tapering sighted barrel swelling at the muzzle and chiselled with elaborate designs of foliage on a punched ground over its entire length, retained by later leather bands, the breech punched with a number, probably for an arsenal, fitted with integral shaped pan (cover missing), action enclosed by a pair of large panels chiselled en suite with the barrel, the rear incorporating a pierced design of a large flowerhead, associated chain and pricker, shaped trigger chiselled with foliage, hardwood full stock, a separate carved dark hardwood panel about the tang, inset with chiselled iron plaques around the butt, two sling mounts, and iron ramrod, probably the original, 106.0 cm barrel
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number H14
Sold for £1,200
with tapering sighted barrel swelling at the muzzle and chiselled with elaborate designs of foliage on a punched ground over its entire length, retained by later leather bands, the breech punched with a number, probably for an arsenal, fitted with integral shaped pan (cover missing), action enclosed by a pair of large panels chiselled en suite with the barrel, the rear incorporating a pierced design of a large flowerhead, associated chain and pricker, shaped trigger chiselled with foliage, hardwood full stock, a separate carved dark hardwood panel about the tang, inset with chiselled iron plaques around the butt, two sling mounts, and iron ramrod, probably the original, 106.0 cm barrel
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number H14
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 4th Dec, 2024
Auction Location: London, UK
Including:
THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY
THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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