Product Details
AN INDIAN 14-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN IN THE ENGLISH MANNER, early 19th century, with 34 5/8in. octagonal sighted barrel (under-rib loose), border and foliate engraved tang also incorporating the rear-sight, rounded East India Company musket lock, hardwood half-stock with gilt painted decoration flower-heads, foliage and on each side of the butt a tiger (worn on right side), chequered grip heightened with further gold painted decoration, engraved iron mounts retaining traces of painted decoration, and military iron ramrod (some surface corrosion marking to iron parts).
Estimate £150-200
THE ABOVE LOT IS PURCHASED AS AN EXEMPT ITEM UNDER SECTION 58 (2) OF THE 1968 FIREARMS ACT. TO BE HELD AS A CURIOSITY OR ORNAMENT.