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Lot 45

A North African (Kabyle) 28-Bore Snaphaunce Gun
19th Century

27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A North African (Kabyle) 28-Bore Snaphaunce Gun
19th Century

With two-stage barrel with bulbous muzzle set with a triangular piece of silver, long octagonal breech struck with counterfeit proof marks, and retained by numerous nielloed silver bands and slender silver wire bindings, small back-sight, characteristic lock struck with two marks, characteristic butt with linear engraved iron mounts and decorated with shaped overlaid nielloed silver panels against a ground of silver nails, opposite the lock en suite and set with three pieces of coloured glass, brass trigger-guard overlaid with nielloed silver set with a piece of red glass, and original iron ramrod with baluster tip (some wear overall)
115.5 cm. barrel

Footnotes

For a similar example see Robert Elgood, Firearms Of The Islamic World ..., 1995, p. 73, no. 39

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