AUCTION 43: ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

A TURKISH MIQUELET TUFEK RIFLE WITH DAMASCUS STEEL BARREL

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Start price: $1,000

Estimated price: $1,500 - $2,000

Buyer's premium:

A traditional Turkish gun, distinguished by a miquelet lock, a hexagonal butt, a "ball" trigger without a trigger guard, and a long barrel held by four silver bands. The stock is richly decorated with silver inlay and has two gold-inlaid gunsmith marks on the breech. The lock is engraved and decorated with silver inlay.

Ottoman Empire, 18th century.

L: 47 3/4 in., (121 cm.)

Condition: Very good.