A 25-BORE BALKAN MIQUELET-LOCK GUN

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A 25-BORE BALKAN MIQUELET-LOCK GUN
LATE 18TH CENTURY
WITH SIGHTED SILVER-INLAID BARREL RETAINED BY FIVE EMBOSSED SILVER BANDS (BACK-SIGHT MISSING), THE MUZZLE IN THE FORM OF A STYLISED MONSTER-HEAD, ENGRAVED TANG, ENGRAVED CHARACTERISTIC LOCK STRUCK WITH A MARK (COCK ASSOCIATED), THREE-QUARTER STOCK ALMOST ENTIRELY COVERED WITH SHAPED MOTHER-OF-PEARL PLAQUES, BUTT SEGMENTED BY SILVER BANDS, SILVER MOUNTS CAST AND CHASED WITH SCROLLWORK IN RELIEF, AND IRON RAMROD
41½IN. (105.4CM.) BARREL

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