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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A RARE OTTOMAN 8-BORE MIQUELET-LOCK WALL GUN (SHER BACHA)
LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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A RARE OTTOMAN 8-BORE MIQUELET-LOCK WALL GUN (SHER BACHA)
LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With 40 ¼ in. (102 cm.) five-stage twist barrel with bulbous muzzle and decorated with silver panels incised with scrollwork, large standing rear-sight pierced with three apertures, lock with brass-lined tughra, substantial walnut three-quarter stock of characteristic form decorated with applied brass panels, some pierced with scrollwork, three brass barrel-bands, and later iron-tipped ramrod
LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With 40 ¼ in. (102 cm.) five-stage twist barrel with bulbous muzzle and decorated with silver panels incised with scrollwork, large standing rear-sight pierced with three apertures, lock with brass-lined tughra, substantial walnut three-quarter stock of characteristic form decorated with applied brass panels, some pierced with scrollwork, three brass barrel-bands, and later iron-tipped ramrod