GUN SPRING 2018
The live portion of this session begins on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.
FINE AND RARE OTTOMAN GOLD AND SILVER MOUNTED BLUNDERBUSS CIRCA 1800 MADE FOR OTTOMAN PALACE GUARDS.UNKNBLUNDERBUSNSN1.25Cal. 1.25. This beautiful and elegant blunderbuss is from a known series of similar arms thought to have been made for Ottoman palace guards. 30" overall with 19-1/4" swamped bbl flaring to 1-1/4" at muzzle. About 60% of surface of bbl is inlaid with gold arabesques as is lock, cock and battery. Stock is profusely inset with silver wire and gilded brass & silver insets over most of its length as seen in photos. The brass mounts are relief cast with gilt. CONDITION: Very good to fine overall. Steel is an overall gray patina with virtually all of gold insets intact. Insets and stock are 98% intact with discernible loss of two narrow 4" silver strips framing buttplate. Top of buttplate comb has 2-1/2" contemporary silver arabesque which is not en suite with the rest of decoration. Stock is sound with one small noticeable hairline and a few small reductions. Mechanics are fine with smooth pitted bore. 52995-9 JS (5,000-7,000)