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Lot 51

Four Decorative Indian Matchlock Guns
The Barrels 18th Century

22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £540 inc. premium

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Four Decorative Indian Matchlock Guns
The Barrels 18th Century

The first with 18-bore barrel slightly flared at the muzzle and retained by wire bindings, wooden full stock inlaid with mother-of-pearl, foliage along each side against a blackened ground, the fore-stock and remaining surfaces veneered in numerous pieces of mother-of-pearl and iron ramrod; the second of 11-bore and of similar form; the third of 20-bore, with wooden full stock entirely veneered in numerous pieces of mother-of-pearl, and iron ramrod; the last of 25-bore, with sighted barrel retained by three white-metal barrel bands, with wooden full stock entirely covered in white-metal embossed with flowerheads between diagonal borders, the fore-stock left plain, and iron ramrod (4)
105.3 cm., 116.8 cm., 127.2 cm. and 109.3 cm. barrels

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