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LOT 3331
Elaborate Gilt Ottoman Style
Flintlock Half-Stock Rifle - NSN,
60 cal., 34 1/4 inch part octagon
bbl., gold/bright finish, hardwood
stock. This distinctive rifle has
a mix of Ottoman designs and
English half-stock sporting rifle
features and has gilt scroll patterns covering nearly all of the furniture as well as the muzzle and breech sections of the barrel, an
acid etched ornate pattern
welded barrel with a bead front sight and notch and peep rear sight, English style lock with rainproof pain and frizzen spring roller, checkered wrist on the stock (appears to be
rosewood), and steel ramrod.
CONDITION: Very good with much of the gold remaining, partially smoothed scroll patterns,
distinct twist patterns, mild scrapes and dings, some wear at the edges of the stock mortises, crisp checkering, and general mild wear. The stock shows a reglued horizontal crack through the wrist. This is a really interesting and attractive piece. Perhaps it was originally a traditional Ottoman rifle that was brought back by a British officer during the Crimean War.
Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000
LOT 3332
Exquisite Cane with Damascene Gold Inlaid Handle - This eye catching cane is topped with a beautiful floral and border engraved gold inlaid handle featuring winged dragons on the sides and at the top of the handle. Bamboo shaft with a brass ferrule at the tip. The overall length is 33 1/4 inches. CONDITION: Very fine, attractive mostly bright surfaces on the handle with crisp engraving, numerous scattered light scratches on the shaft with a few chipped sections, and some dings on the ferrule.
Estimate: 1,500 - 2,500
LOT 3333
Attractive Cane with Damascene Gold
Inlaid Handle - This eye catching cane is
topped with a beautiful floral and border engraved gold inlaid handle featuring a winged dragon at the top of the handle. Hard wood shaft with a German silver ferrule at the tip. The overall length is 35 5/8 inches.
CONDITION: Very fine overall, attractive bright gold damascene surfaces on the handle with crisp engraving, and a few minor handling marks on the shaft with one small chip right below the handle. Estimate: 1,800 - 2,750
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