18TH CENTURY
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A 16-BORE TURKISH MIQUELET-LOCK GUN
18TH CENTURY
WITH EARLIER MULTI-STAGED TWIST BARREL CHISELLED IN LOW RELIEF AT INTERVALS WITH PANELS OF ARABESQUES AND INLAID WITH SILVER, STANDING BACK-SIGHT, SILVER-INLAID LOCK, AND CIRCASSIAN WALNUT HALF-STOCK (PROBABLY REDUCED) INLAID WITH BRASS AND STAINED HORN, THE DECORATION ON THE BUTT HEIGHTENED WITH SILVER DOME-HEADED STUDS (RAMROD MISSING)
26½IN. (67.3CM.) BARREL
18TH CENTURY
WITH EARLIER MULTI-STAGED TWIST BARREL CHISELLED IN LOW RELIEF AT INTERVALS WITH PANELS OF ARABESQUES AND INLAID WITH SILVER, STANDING BACK-SIGHT, SILVER-INLAID LOCK, AND CIRCASSIAN WALNUT HALF-STOCK (PROBABLY REDUCED) INLAID WITH BRASS AND STAINED HORN, THE DECORATION ON THE BUTT HEIGHTENED WITH SILVER DOME-HEADED STUDS (RAMROD MISSING)
26½IN. (67.3CM.) BARREL
Provenance
THE DUKES OF BADEN, SOTHEBY & CO., NEUES SCHLOß, BADEN-BADEN, 10 OCTOBER 1995, LOT 2673