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Lot 5025Y

A silver-mounted Moroccan snaphaunce rifle
19th century

8 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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A silver-mounted Moroccan snaphaunce rifle
19th century

The 42 inch three-stage barrel in .60 caliber smoothbore, the faceted breech and muzzle sections decorated with gold koftgari scrollwork; breech struck with a maker's mark. Barrel secured by six silver capucines chased with floral scrolls. Lock of typical form and decorated with gold and silver overlay. Triggerguard decorated with gold overlaid scrollwork. Full stock with flared butt set with elephant ivory buttplate, the buttstock and area opposite lock and around barrel tang inlaid with silver wire meander and signed in silver wire in front of the lockplate Amal al Runi
Condition: Fine. Barrel with smooth dark patina and showing only minor losses to gilt decoration. stock with minor marks.
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Note: Illustrated on page 126 of Arms of the Paladins, The Richard R. Wagner Jr. Collection of Fine Eastern Weapons by Oliver S. Pinchot.

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