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Lot 3397ANTIQUE

An Indian matchlock torador
18th or early 19th century
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10 June 2013, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

Sold for US$877.50 inc. premium

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An Indian matchlock torador
18th or early 19th century

The 46 inch tapered round barrel in .58 caliber smoothbore; muzzle with copper fore-sight and 6 inch panel decorated with bands of repeating designs in silver koftgari and encircled with two gold koftgari bands; center of barrel with a sweated-on 5 inch brass band; breech section decorated as the muzzle; integral rear sight. Priming pan retaining the swiveling brass cover and the chained pick. Barrel secured by six narrow brass capucines. 'Action' enclosed with a fluted bone housing. Brass sideplates, the rivets with brass blossom-form washers. Full stock, the slender butt of pentagonal section with stacked bone buttcap.
Condition: Good to very good. Barrel with dark patina showing some losses to overlaid decoration. Bone housing with chips. Tip of touch hole pick broken. Stock with scattered light marks.
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