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A 48 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1870. with slender tapering barrel retained by a
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A 48 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1870. with slender tapering barrel retained by a brass breech band (worn, painted black), swelling at the muzzle (fore-sight removed), pierced block-shaped back-sight, inlaid in silver with a rabbit over the breech and signed beneath, integral pan with brass pivot-cover and fence, brass lock (serpentine missing), brass trigger, cherrywood full stock, signed in ink beneath the breech (worn) and brass mounts (ramrod and three barrel bolt escutcheons missing). 70cm; 27 1/2in barrel. The signature beneath the breech reads:. `Koshu Kunitomo Kaji Masahide`
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A 48 BORE JAPANESE SNAP-MATCHLOCK MUSKET, CIRCA 1870. with slender tapering barrel retained by a brass breech band (worn, painted black), swelling at the muzzle (fore-sight removed), pierced block-shaped back-sight, inlaid in silver with a rabbit over the breech and signed beneath, integral pan with brass pivot-cover and fence, brass lock (serpentine missing), brass trigger, cherrywood full stock, signed in ink beneath the breech (worn) and brass mounts (ramrod and three barrel bolt escutcheons missing). 70cm; 27 1/2in barrel. The signature beneath the breech reads:. `Koshu Kunitomo Kaji Masahide`
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