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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
AN OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK RIFLE
SIGNED SIVAN, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 18TH CENTURY
Details
AN OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK RIFLE
SIGNED SIVAN, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 18TH CENTURY
The octagonal watered steel sighted barrel with nine-groove rifling, silver inlay in rococo vegetal motifs along the length of the barrel, maker’s mark , flintlock mechanism decorated en-suite with silver inlay, three repoussé silver barrel bands, set on a wooden stock extensively inlaid with khatamkari in ivory, stained bone and copper alloy, with swelling faceted butt, green dyed ivory fore-end cap, button trigger, ramrod, one suspension loop on each side
46 7/8in. (119cm.) long
SIGNED SIVAN, OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 18TH CENTURY
The octagonal watered steel sighted barrel with nine-groove rifling, silver inlay in rococo vegetal motifs along the length of the barrel, maker’s mark , flintlock mechanism decorated en-suite with silver inlay, three repoussé silver barrel bands, set on a wooden stock extensively inlaid with khatamkari in ivory, stained bone and copper alloy, with swelling faceted butt, green dyed ivory fore-end cap, button trigger, ramrod, one suspension loop on each side
46 7/8in. (119cm.) long
Literature
Howard Ricketts and Philippe Missillier, Splendeurs des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988, no. 46
Exhibited
Splendeurs des Armes Orientales, Paris, 1988
Engraved
On the barrel, a maker's mark, ‘amal-i sivan, ‘work of Sivan’
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Phoebe Jowett Smith
Sale Coordinator & Cataloguer