A GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL GUN BARREL
NORTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Of tapering form, the gold-damascened decoration with a floral palmette rising from the flared muzzle, the barrel body damascened with a floral spray within a palmette rising from the barrel tang, decorated with a dense scrolling floral spray on the sides of a central floral garland, punched with inventory numbers 1106 and 549
41¾in. (106cm.) long
A GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL GUN BARREL
NORTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Of tapering form, the gold-damascened decoration with a floral palmette rising from the flared muzzle, the barrel body damascened with a floral spray within a palmette rising from the barrel tang, decorated with a dense scrolling floral spray on the sides of a central floral garland, punched with inventory numbers 1106 and 549
41¾in. (106cm.) long
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