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AUCTION 50: ANTIQUE MILITARIA, FALL 2024
Lot 482:
This is a well-crafted Turkish tufek with a brilliant Damascus steel barrel. The bore is rifled and is about 15mm in diameter. The muzzle and the breech are both adorned with engraved depictions of cypress trees. Just ahead of the breech is a gilded cartouche set beneath another cypress tree. Also at the breech is a large rear sight in the characteristic style of a tufek, which has been decoratively engraved. The lock mechanism has been engraved throughout with foliate and floral designs and has an inscription on its underside. The stock around the breech area has been inlaid with bone and decorated with hundreds of small niello roundels. The stock is of wood with a tiger-stripe grain and is affixed to the barrel by 4 brass bands. The buttstock is wrapped with a red fabric which may be a later restoration.
Turkey, Ottoman Empire, ca. 18th Century.
L: 38.75 in. (98.43 cm.);
Condition: Barrel appears to be in excellent condition considering its age. The stock has several cracks. The fabric could have been a replacement. Good action. Ramrod is original.
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