Lot 96

A GOLD DAMASCENED PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE
INDIA, 19TH CENTURY






Auction: 09 December 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
the steel barrel, breech and lock-plate decorated with intricate arabesque and floral motifs, the hammer is a stylized S-curve profile continuing the decorative floral motifs from the main lock plate, small ramrod to the underside of the barrel, with gold gilt geometric patterning to the tip, the stock possibly later
Dimensions
163cm long





