AUCTION 37 ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

A TURKISH MIQUELET-LOCK RIFLE WITH DAMASCUS STEEL BARREL

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Start price: $1,500

Estimated price: $2,500 - $3,000

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 octagonal barrel dates at least a century earlier. It is richly decorated with a silver inlay and has two gold-inlaid gunsmith marks on the breech. The stock is silver-mounted. The lock is engraved and decorated with silver inlay. The barrel is rifled.All parts of the gun are original and have not been replaced or restored.

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

Condition: Very good, orifical ramrod.