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LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE INDIAN 50-BORE FOUR-SHOT HAND-ROTATED REVOLVING MATCHLOCK GUN
LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With 31 ¾ in. (80.7cm.) two-stage sighted barrel retained by four barrel-bands, cylinder with individual priming-pans for each chamber, three retaining their pivoting covers, red-painted cylindrical action (serpentine detached), painted three-quarter stock, and short iron ramrod
LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
With 31 ¾ in. (80.7cm.) two-stage sighted barrel retained by four barrel-bands, cylinder with individual priming-pans for each chamber, three retaining their pivoting covers, red-painted cylindrical action (serpentine detached), painted three-quarter stock, and short iron ramrod
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's King Street, 18 July 1973, lot 162.
Special notice
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