THE FIRST EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE SECOND LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A 15-Bore Turkish Miquelet-Lock Gun, And An 18-Bore Flintlock Trade Musket
The First Early 19th Century, The Second Late 19th Century
The first with two-stage sighted barrel inlaid with engraved brass panels and struck with three marks on the octagonal breech, tang and lock overlaid with engraved silver panels, wooden three-quarter stock profusely inlaid with brass pellets and roundels of geometric design (some damage), swelling faceted butt decorated en suite and with a central silver band embossed and chased with scrollwork, and enriched around the lock with a diaper pattern of mother-of-pearl decorated with inlaid pigment, seven white-metal barrel bands each embossed and chased with foliage, long white-metal fore-end cap en suite, brass button trigger, horn butt-plate, and original iron ramrod; the second with two-stage sighted barrel, rounded lock with East India Company mark and stamped 'Warrented' on the tail, wooden full stock, brass mounts, and brass-tipped ramrod, Birmingham proof marks
47¾in. (121.3cm.) and 50 5/8in. (128.5cm.) barrels (2)
The First Early 19th Century, The Second Late 19th Century
The first with two-stage sighted barrel inlaid with engraved brass panels and struck with three marks on the octagonal breech, tang and lock overlaid with engraved silver panels, wooden three-quarter stock profusely inlaid with brass pellets and roundels of geometric design (some damage), swelling faceted butt decorated en suite and with a central silver band embossed and chased with scrollwork, and enriched around the lock with a diaper pattern of mother-of-pearl decorated with inlaid pigment, seven white-metal barrel bands each embossed and chased with foliage, long white-metal fore-end cap en suite, brass button trigger, horn butt-plate, and original iron ramrod; the second with two-stage sighted barrel, rounded lock with East India Company mark and stamped 'Warrented' on the tail, wooden full stock, brass mounts, and brass-tipped ramrod, Birmingham proof marks
47¾in. (121.3cm.) and 50 5/8in. (128.5cm.) barrels (2)