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A MOROCCAN MUSKET

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
A MOROCCAN MUSKET
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 15 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 650 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will a
Of Taouzilt type, the hardwood stock of characteristic form, with applied brass buttcap, and set with a large profiled, engraved and nielloed plates, together with silver studs and glass gems in box settings. Mounted with a good, locally-produced snaphaunce lock featuring a sliding pan cover. The barrel with octagonal breech secured to the stock by numerous engraved silver bands. First half of the 19th century.Wear and losses.Overall length 159 cm.
Condition III