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Japanese Matchlock with Display Stand

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:550.00 USD Estimated At:1,100.00 - 1,800.00 USD
Japanese Matchlock with Display Stand
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Japanese Matchlock with Display Stand

Measuring 54 inches overall, the lightly swamped octagonal barrel is fitted with a pair of sighting blocks and inlaid with a silver frond design towards the breech. Hardware is brass and steel, with a swiveling cover on the flash pan and a ball trigger with pipe trigger guard. Smooth full length stock with a hardwood ramrod, brass barrel pins, a carved cross on the underside ahead of the trigger guard, and a contoured butt. Included with the musket is a wire reinforced hardwood stand, black lacquer finish with a golden Tokugawa-style "'triple hollyhock" mon on the front.

Manufacture: Japanese
Model: Matchlock
BBL: 37 1/2 inch octagon
Stock: hardwood
Gauge: 54
Finish: brown
Grips:
Serial Number: NSN

About good. The barrel and other steel components show a dark brown patina overall with scattered pitting. The barrel inlay is pulling out slightly on the left side, and a small section has chipped away from the serpentine. Stock is good with mild dings and scuffs. The stand is good with some mild flaking of the lacquer and a few visible sections of replaced wood. Mechanically very good.