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Lot 62*

A 20-Bore Albanian Miquelet-Lock 'Rat-Tail' Pistol, And Two Brass Cartridge-Boxes
Elbasan, Early 19th Century

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A 20-Bore Albanian Miquelet-Lock 'Rat-Tail' Pistol, And Two Brass Cartridge-Boxes
Elbasan, Early 19th Century

The first with russet barrel retained by a later engraved brass band around the muzzle and with four brass inlays at the breech, characteristic lock with indistinct maker's mark and chiselled details, full stock entirely covered in brass engraved with panels of scrollwork within wrigglework borders and set with pewter clusters (ioannina) along each side of the pointed butt behind the barrel tang, line engraved steel trigger-guard, scroll trigger, and later steel ramrod; the second each of characteristic form with cast and chased foliate decoration, the bottom of each with three integral rings (attachments missing) (3)
The first 31.5 cm. barrel

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Provenance
The Estate of John M. Kauffmann, Maine, U.S.A.

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