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A rare gold-koftgari steel combined walking stick and percussion gun India, mid 19th Century image 1
A rare gold-koftgari steel combined walking stick and percussion gun India, mid 19th Century image 2
Property from a private collection of Islamic and Indian Art
Lot 155

A rare gold-koftgari steel combined walking stick and percussion gun
India, mid 19th Century

23 May 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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A rare gold-koftgari steel combined walking stick and percussion gun
India, mid 19th Century

the handle finial in the form of a tiger-head with movable tongue, the tapering shaft also forming the barrel, the top unscrewing to reveal the nipple, with sprung action cocked and released by a lever along the back, decorated in gold overlay with a repeated design of lobed cartouches containing quatrefoils to the shaft, the handle with lobed cartouches containing floral motifs, above scales
103 cm. long

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Provenance
Bonhams, Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria, 28 April 1999, lot 134.
Private UK collection.

A comparable example is in The Royal Collection (RCIN 11484).

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