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A RARE CIRCASSIAN POWDERHORN

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 USD
A RARE CIRCASSIAN POWDERHORN
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
The wooden body covered entirely in rare sharkskin, with terminals and cutoff of elephant and staghorn with lineal borders, and mounts of nielloed silver. Possibly made for a Crimean Tatar client.Late 18th century. Light wear. Height 21 cm.
Condition II