A North African 10-bore Toe-lock Silver-mounted Gun - May 26, 2021 | Bonhams In London
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A North African 10-Bore Toe-Lock Silver-Mounted Gun
A North African 10-Bore Toe-Lock Silver-Mounted Gun
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A North African 10-Bore Toe-Lock Silver-Mounted Gun
Signed The Work Of Muhammad, Dated 1263 A.H. Corresponding To 1846 A.D.
With finely twist octagonal sighted barrel stamped with indistinct number on the top flat at the breech and retained by five broad and one smaller barrel bands all embossed and chased with foliage, silver back-sight and silver-covered tang, the latter chased with scrolling foliage, large characteristic silvered lock signed and dated beneath the cock, the external parts including the cock and safety-catch inlaid with silver panels chased with foliage, figured three-quarter stock (finger pad missing) set with silver panels secured by pins and pierced and engraved with symmetrical designs of foliage, triangular butt en suite, ebonised butt-plate with border engraved silver strap, silver button trigger, and original ramrod with long embossed silver tip
120.5 cm. barrel

Footnotes:

Cf. a related example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour, 30 April 2014, lot 90
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A North African 10-Bore Toe-Lock Silver-Mounted Gun

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Starting Price £1,700
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