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Lot 5024Y

An Indian torador matchlock rifle
late 18th or early 19th century

8 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

Sold for US$1,521 inc. premium

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An Indian torador matchlock rifle
late 18th or early 19th century

The 47 inch tapered round barrel of fine watered steel and molded with a sighting rib with chiseled palmette at the breech; barrel secured by four capucines of twisted silver wire. Action housing inlaid with elephant ivory palmettes, florals and borders. Sideplates of watered steel with punched borders and scalloped ends. Full two-piece stock with narrow butt of pentagonal section inlaid with elephant ivory florals and fitted with ivory butt, the left side stamped 1815.
Condition: Fine. Barrel showing a strong watered pattern. Stock with scattered marks.
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Note: Illustrated on pages 135-36 in Arms of the Paladins, The Richard R. Wagner Jr. Collection of Fine Eastern Weapons by Oliver S. Pinchot.

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