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A fine gold-damascened steel repoussé silver and coral mounted flintlock Algeria, Dated AH 1194/ AD 1780-81 image 1
A fine gold-damascened steel repoussé silver and coral mounted flintlock Algeria, Dated AH 1194/ AD 1780-81 image 2
A fine gold-damascened steel repoussé silver and coral mounted flintlock Algeria, Dated AH 1194/ AD 1780-81 image 3
A fine gold-damascened steel repoussé silver and coral mounted flintlock Algeria, Dated AH 1194/ AD 1780-81 image 4
A fine gold-damascened steel repoussé silver and coral mounted flintlock Algeria, Dated AH 1194/ AD 1780-81 image 5
Lot 131

A fine gold-damascened steel repoussé silver and coral mounted flintlock
Algeria, Dated AH 1194/ AD 1780-81

26 October 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£10,000 - £15,000

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A fine gold-damascened steel repoussé silver and coral mounted flintlock
Algeria, Dated AH 1194/ AD 1780-81

the watered steel barrel chiselled and decorated in gold and silver overlay with chevron bands, floral and foliate motifs and cartouches filled with vegetal interlace, clasped by sixteen carved and chased capuchines set along the underside with corals between filigree details, the forestock set with corals on a densely carved ground with gilt details, the lock with gold stylised stellar motifs, inscription below the lock, the wood stock clad entirely in red velvet
120 cm. long

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Provenance
Private UK collection.
By repute an Ottoman gift to a Polish prince.

Inscriptions: sanah 1194, 'The year 1194 (AD 1780-81)'.

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