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A 32 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1870. with octagonal swamped sighted barrel forme
A 32 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1870. with octagonal swamped sighted barrel formed with a vase-shaped muzzle encrusted with silver behind, signed beneath the breech and inlaid on top with with foliage and a tiger (losses, areas of pitting), the breech enclosed by a brass band, brass lock, sprung serpentine, cherrywood full stock, applied with engraved silver rosettes, and brass mounts including trigger-guard, silver rosette barrel bolt escutcheons, and later wooden ramrod. 102.3cm; 40 1/4in barrel
A 32 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1870. with octagonal swamped sighted barrel formed with a vase-shaped muzzle encrusted with silver behind, signed beneath the breech and inlaid on top with with foliage and a tiger (losses, areas of pitting), the breech enclosed by a brass band, brass lock, sprung serpentine, cherrywood full stock, applied with engraved silver rosettes, and brass mounts including trigger-guard, silver rosette barrel bolt escutcheons, and later wooden ramrod. 102.3cm; 40 1/4in barrel
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