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A Turkish 28-Bore Miquelet-Lock Short Rifle (Shishana)Late 18th Century
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25 November 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,375 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Turkish 28-Bore Miquelet-Lock Short Rifle (Shishana)
Late 18th Century
Late 18th Century
With slightly swamped octagonal sighted barrel of finely twist damascus pattern rifled with nine grooves and encrusted with symmetrical designs of engraved gold foliage at the muzzle and breech, the top flat at the breech with gold-lined maker's stamp inscribed 'Ali(?)' in nasta'liq, arched triple aperture back-sight, tang and characteristic lock encrusted with gold en suite with the barrel, the tang retaining some original blueing, figured Circassian walnut full stock inlaid along the fore-stock and around the lock with shaped green-stained bone panels enriched with brass nails and small roundels of brass and dark horn, the area around the tang en suite with some of the panels (one incomplete) left unstained, segmented flared faceted butt also en suite between unstained line borders and with a floret on each side, dark horn butt-plate, four silver barrel bands chased with foliage, gold-encrusted button trigger, green-stained fore-end cap inlaid with roundels, and original steel ramrod
78 cm. barrel
78 cm. barrel
Footnotes
For related examples sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms & Armour..., 24 April 2013, lot 63; and Eastern Arms & Armour From the Richard R. Wagner Jr. Collection, 24 April 2015, lot 244
Saleroom notices
Please note that there is a split in the stock forward of the lock.








