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A RARE OTTOMAN MUSKET

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:700.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD
A RARE OTTOMAN 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
A rarely-encountered form from Rumelia (modern Bulgaria) with hardwood stock, the flattened butt of elongated triangular section, profusely carved overall with a profiled steel reinforce along the comb. The large flintlock mechanism engraved overall, with an artistic attempt at Latin characters, and a woven talismanic pouch and pricker secured by braided cords tied to the triggerguard, with hair tassels. The forearm entirely covered in brass, with superbly-embossed and engraved silver barrel bands retaining the superior twistcore pattern-welded damascus barrel with chiseled decoration at the breech and swamped muzzle. First half of the 19th century. Some wear. Overall length 137 cm.
Condition III