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AN OTTOMAN IVORY INLAID GUN, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
With hexagonal faceted barrel, the lock with damascened and engraved floral design, stamped twice, amber bead finial, the wooden carriage and stock profusely inlaid with brass star within circle motifs, bands of ivory around hilt, scrolling ivory band to underneath, and rosettes to sides - 45 1/4in. (115cm.) long
With hexagonal faceted barrel, the lock with damascened and engraved floral design, stamped twice, amber bead finial, the wooden carriage and stock profusely inlaid with brass star within circle motifs, bands of ivory around hilt, scrolling ivory band to underneath, and rosettes to sides - 45 1/4in. (115cm.) long
Provenance
The Doorn-Koller Collection, formed in the late 19th and early 20th Century.
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