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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
A MATCHLOCK CARBINE (TORADAR)
RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A MATCHLOCK CARBINE (TORADAR)
RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
The tapering smoothbore steel sighted barrel extensively overlaid with gold across the full length of the barrel, with faint carved floral pattern, with seven later wire barrel bands, the matchlock decorated en-suite, the wooden stock painted with gold floral motifs and inlaid ivory and mother-of-pearl in floral, vegetal and geometric motifs, with copper alloy plaques with shallow carved floral motifs on each side, illegible sticker on the butt, associated ramrod, two strap mounts
48 1/8in. (122cm.) long
RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
The tapering smoothbore steel sighted barrel extensively overlaid with gold across the full length of the barrel, with faint carved floral pattern, with seven later wire barrel bands, the matchlock decorated en-suite, the wooden stock painted with gold floral motifs and inlaid ivory and mother-of-pearl in floral, vegetal and geometric motifs, with copper alloy plaques with shallow carved floral motifs on each side, illegible sticker on the butt, associated ramrod, two strap mounts
48 1/8in. (122cm.) long
Literature
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991, p.58, no.328
Exhibited
Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991
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