May 28 & 29, 2020 Extraordinary, Sporting, & Collector Firearms
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/28/2020
Slightly swamped octagonal barrel with diminutive brass front sight. Barrel with traces of gold koftgari wire work at muzzle and considerably more at breech. Peep rear sight raised above breech and decorated with evidence of koftgari wire work. Silver barrel bands with evidence of old niello work, rearmost with floral designs and individual bands; bands with small punch dots numbering, in order, from muzzle to breech, six, five, four, three, and then three on each of the individual bands of rearmost rod. Hallmarks just forward of breech and on left side of breech, now indecipherable. Ramrod channel decorated with beading at mouth. Stock with two Mother of Pearl escutcheons for stock keys, neither of which are present. Other decorations include green stained horn in florals, half moons, hearts. Decorative pins throughout breech area with geometric designs. Area rear of breech decorated with geometric mother of pearl inlays with pins, top with niello silver in florals. Wrist wrapped in silver wire with thicker edge bands reinforced with pins. Stock with U shape reinforcement running around butt made of silver and pierced with florals and geometrics. Tang urn finials made of mother of pearl, further mother of pearl inlays in geometric designs. U shaped reinforcement secured at butt with iron nail. Miquelet lock with pierced top screw, serrated pan, surrounded with horn line border and decorative pins. Trigger guard with mother of pearl inlay surrounding. CONDITION: Very good. Barrel essentially gunmetal grey with smooth even old oxidation. Silver tarnished throughout with remnants of niello in protected areas, more at rear band and floral decoration of breech. Wood with two chips out of mid section, and one crack running through forward escutcheons. Evidence of a splice repair under rearmost band and running forward of it. Action works appropriately when operated by hand, bore is good, with even oxidation throughout and a few patches of heavier oxidation. An attractive and highly decorated example. EW
Caliber/Bore
.63 Smoothbore