CIRCA 1800
Details
A FINE 15-BORE TURKISH MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE
CIRCA 1800
WITH HEAVY SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH NINE GROOVES, DECORATED WITH GOLD-ENCRUSTED ARABESQUES AT THE MUZZLE AND BREECH, AND RETAINED BY THREE ENGRAVED AND FLUTED SILVER BARREL BANDS, TALL SHAPED STANDING BACK-SIGHT PIERCED WITH ELEVEN APERTURES, IRON TANG PARTLY COVERED WITH SILVER AND WITH ENGRAVED SILVER APRON, SMALL LOCK THINLY DAMASCENED WITH GOLD LINES AND ROSETTES, STAINED FULL STOCK INLAID WITH PIERCED AND ENGRAVED SILVER PANELS DECORATED WITH SYMMETRICAL DESIGNS OF INTERLACED STRAPWORK AND FOLIAGE, SWELLING FACETED BUTT, IRON BUTTON TRIGGER, HORN FORE-END CAP, AND ORIGINAL IRON-TIPPED RAMROD
56¼IN. (142.9CM.) BARREL
CIRCA 1800
WITH HEAVY SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH NINE GROOVES, DECORATED WITH GOLD-ENCRUSTED ARABESQUES AT THE MUZZLE AND BREECH, AND RETAINED BY THREE ENGRAVED AND FLUTED SILVER BARREL BANDS, TALL SHAPED STANDING BACK-SIGHT PIERCED WITH ELEVEN APERTURES, IRON TANG PARTLY COVERED WITH SILVER AND WITH ENGRAVED SILVER APRON, SMALL LOCK THINLY DAMASCENED WITH GOLD LINES AND ROSETTES, STAINED FULL STOCK INLAID WITH PIERCED AND ENGRAVED SILVER PANELS DECORATED WITH SYMMETRICAL DESIGNS OF INTERLACED STRAPWORK AND FOLIAGE, SWELLING FACETED BUTT, IRON BUTTON TRIGGER, HORN FORE-END CAP, AND ORIGINAL IRON-TIPPED RAMROD
56¼IN. (142.9CM.) BARREL
Provenance
W. KEITH NEAL, CHRISTIE'S, 8 NOVEMBER 1995, LOT 14