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Lot 87

A Turkish 25-Bore Flintlock Sporting Gun
19th Century

30 April 2014, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,250 inc. premium

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A Turkish 25-Bore Flintlock Sporting Gun
19th Century

With russet sighted barrel turned at the muzzle and decorated around the fore-sight, at the mid section, and at the breech with symmetrical designs of encrusted engraved silver foliage, the forward two panels linked by an encrusted silver chain, white-metal barrel band pierced with foliage and carrying the back-sight, tang decorated en suite with the barrel, bright flat bevelled lock and cock each engraved with scrolling foliage, roller, moulded figured full stock carved in low relief with foliage and flower-heads, a chequered panel at the fore-end, the butt with pierced terminal, unusual chequering and enriched with inlaid silver wire borders and scrollwork, mounts decorated en suite with the barrel and comprising pierced side-plate retaining some original blueing, small escutcheon, butt-plate, trigger-guard and ramrod-pipes, brass sling loop, and original iron ramrod
76.2 cm. barrel

Footnotes

For a related blunderbuss sold in these Rooms see Fine Antique Arms and Armour ..., 30 November 2011, lot 57

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