Product Details
A .32-BORE MATCHLOCK SINGLE-SHOT MUSKET, UNSIGNED, TYPE 'TANEGASHIMA', no visible serial number,
Japanese, late Edo period, with tapering 42in. octagonal iron barrel with swollen muzzle, defined top 'rib', ramp fore-sight, raised groove fixed rear-sight, brass barrel retaining band at breech, swinging brass pan-cover, plain elongated brass lockplate with large external brass mainspring, hand-cocked serpentine match-holder, wooded full-stock of classic form inlaid with isolated brass decoration including tigers, demon-masks and chrysanthemum, pierced bone inlays to the fore-end, three take-down cross-pins with floral escutcheons and original brass ramrod
Estimate £400-600