THE FIRST 19TH 20TH CENTURY, THE SECOND 19TH CENTURY
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A 28-BORE NORTH AFRICAN SNAPHAUNCE GUN, AND 18-BORE ALGERIAN TOE-LOCK GUN
The first 19th 20th Century, the second 19th Century
The first with three-stage sighted barrel with bulbous muzzle and retained by numerous engraved silver bands, the rear band decorated with polychrome enamel, wooden stock, the butt decorated with engraved bone and enamelled pierced silver panels, and set with dome-headed silver nails, brass trigger-guard overlaid with enamelled silver, and original iron ramrod; the second with octagonal sighted barrel, brass-covered tang, characteristic lock decorated with applied engraved brass panels, three-quarter stock inlaid with shaped horn plaques decorated with concentric circles, brass button trigger, and later ramrod
47¼in. (120 cm.) and 41in. (104.2cm.) barrels (2)
The first 19th 20th Century, the second 19th Century
The first with three-stage sighted barrel with bulbous muzzle and retained by numerous engraved silver bands, the rear band decorated with polychrome enamel, wooden stock, the butt decorated with engraved bone and enamelled pierced silver panels, and set with dome-headed silver nails, brass trigger-guard overlaid with enamelled silver, and original iron ramrod; the second with octagonal sighted barrel, brass-covered tang, characteristic lock decorated with applied engraved brass panels, three-quarter stock inlaid with shaped horn plaques decorated with concentric circles, brass button trigger, and later ramrod
47¼in. (120 cm.) and 41in. (104.2cm.) barrels (2)
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