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Lot 176Y

A North African 12-Bore Silver-Mounted Toe-Lock Gun
Dated 1273 A.H. Corresponding To 1856 A.D., Probably Algerian

29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A North African 12-Bore Silver-Mounted Toe-Lock Gun
Dated 1273 A.H. Corresponding To 1856 A.D., Probably Algerian

With two-stage sighted barrel retained by six barrel bands, breech engraved with two waved lines along the top and with standing brass back-sight, plain brass-covered tang, large characteristic lock signed and dated in Arabic beneath the cock, partly overlaid with brass and chased with foliate designs overall, dog-catch engaging with the back of the cock en suite, leather finger-pad, figured three-quarter stock inlaid with pierced silver panels (one missing) along each side of the fore-stock and along the bottom of the triangular butt, the latter (old wired repair opposite the lock) profusely inlaid with foliage in silver wire and pellets (minor losses), ivory butt-plate (chipped), baluster trigger, and later ramrod
108 cm. barrel

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