A CAUCASIAN MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE with twist octagonal sighted barrel inlaid in gold with lines and symmetrical designs of scrollwork at the muzzle and breech, secured by two plain and two nielloed silver bands, and with gold-filled barrelsmith's mark at the breech, the lock overlaid with engraved nielloed silver with owner's name in Arabic below the mainspring, figured Circassian walnut full stock, engraved nielloed silver mounts including fore-end sleeve, walrus-ivory butt-cap, gold-damascened button trigger, and original iron ramrod with gold-damascened tip, the barrel Turkish, probably 17th Century; and a Caucasian miquelet-lock gun, similar, the barrel (some pitting) inlaid in gold at the breech and flared muzzle, and secured by four silver bands, gold-damascened tang and characteristic lock, full stock sparsely inlaid with shaped horn plaques and brass and horn rosettes, the butt set with a pierced silver plaque on each side, and original silver-tipped wooden ramrod, Russian silver marks, both 19th Century

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A CAUCASIAN MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE with twist octagonal sighted barrel inlaid in gold with lines and symmetrical designs of scrollwork at the muzzle and breech, secured by two plain and two nielloed silver bands, and with gold-filled barrelsmith's mark at the breech, the lock overlaid with engraved nielloed silver with owner's name in Arabic below the mainspring, figured Circassian walnut full stock, engraved nielloed silver mounts including fore-end sleeve, walrus-ivory butt-cap, gold-damascened button trigger, and original iron ramrod with gold-damascened tip, the barrel Turkish, probably 17th Century; and a Caucasian miquelet-lock gun, similar, the barrel (some pitting) inlaid in gold at the breech and flared muzzle, and secured by four silver bands, gold-damascened tang and characteristic lock, full stock sparsely inlaid with shaped horn plaques and brass and horn rosettes, the butt set with a pierced silver plaque on each side, and original silver-tipped wooden ramrod, Russian silver marks, both 19th Century
44¾in. and 41 1/8in. (2)

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