Main Sale - September 2010 : Sale A1045 Lot 413
A 22-BORE INDIAN TORADOR SILVER-MOUNTED MATCHLOCK MUSKET

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A 22-BORE INDIAN 'TORADOR' SILVER-MOUNTED MATCHLOCK MUSKET
circa 1840, of classic form with 54in sighted barrel fully decorated with stippling (foresight bead missing), relief carved arabesques to breech-block, flared, chased muzzle with traces of gold wash to decoration, fancy scroll-bordered silver sideplates with pierced fretwork panels at tail, silver inlayed tang and wrist decoration, silver trigger-plate en-suite with the sideplate, dark-wood full-stock with silver butt-cap and horn heel-plate, pierced fretwork iron trigger, rope-binding near the breech, three nickel-silver barrel-bands and original steel ramrod (pan cover missing, small losses to forend wood edges)
Estimate £200-300