Lot 307:
A RARE SOUTH INDIAN FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL
Sold for: $850
Description
The hardwood stock elaborately inlaid with studs in geometrical patterns, the lock of European type. Octagonal barrel with expanded muzzle and elaborate silver inlaid motifs. Retains its ramrod. 1800-1850. Minor wear and stable crack to forearm. See R. Elgood, Firearms of the Islamic World (Tauris: London) p. 183 for quite similar. Overall length 47cm/ 18 ½ inches. Condition II
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