ANOTHER, with swamped etched twist octagonal sighted barrel encrusted with running flowers and foliage heightened with silver at the muzzle and breech, and retained by three embossed silver-gilt bands, the latter with gold band signed by the decorator 'Sayyid Khalil' and with standing back-sight encrusted with silver and gold, the lock en suite and with silver encrusted signature within a circle of gold dots (mainspring broken), stained full stock inlaid with brass, and horn stained green, black and orange, inlaid fore-end cap, and later wooden ramrod, signed Husain, late 18th Century

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ANOTHER, with swamped etched twist octagonal sighted barrel encrusted with running flowers and foliage heightened with silver at the muzzle and breech, and retained by three embossed silver-gilt bands, the latter with gold band signed by the decorator 'Sayyid Khalil' and with standing back-sight encrusted with silver and gold, the lock en suite and with silver encrusted signature within a circle of gold dots (mainspring broken), stained full stock inlaid with brass, and horn stained green, black and orange, inlaid fore-end cap, and later wooden ramrod, signed Husain, late 18th Century
37in. barrel

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