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Wednesday 25 September 2024 e Thursday 26 September 2024, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A "Boyliya"-type miquelet lock tufenk, Late 18th - Early 19th Century

Estimate

€ 800 - 1.200

Sold

€ 5.250

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Bulgaria
length 149 cm.
Round, smoothbore barrel with breech provided with well-relieved and silver-plated rear sight (remains). 15.4 mm cal at the nozzle. Tang with remains of silver foil (almost completely missing). Miquelet lock with typical rounded back hammer featuring silver foil engraved with geometric motifs. Spheroid, brass trigger. Working mechanism. Wooden case with thin butt of pentagonal section entirely decorated with countless, pierced brass discs of different diameters. The central segment richly ornamented with mother-of-pearl inlays featuring orange-painted brass club guides. The left side with a rectangular brass loop. Iron ramrod. General small defects and missing parts. Interesting.