4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
88
A RARE 60 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK TURN-OFF PISTOL, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
with cannon barrel moulded at the muzzle and engraved with pairs of lines, octagonal breech fitted with integral pan (later cover), integral action with pierced serpentine, pierced trigger-guard decorated with a leaf, rounded half-stock, bulbous butt, with a ring for suspension, and associated pricker (later chain, ramrod missing), 25.5 cm overall
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number H08
Sold for £1,300
with cannon barrel moulded at the muzzle and engraved with pairs of lines, octagonal breech fitted with integral pan (later cover), integral action with pierced serpentine, pierced trigger-guard decorated with a leaf, rounded half-stock, bulbous butt, with a ring for suspension, and associated pricker (later chain, ramrod missing), 25.5 cm overall
Provenance
Roy Elvis Catalogue Number H08
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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