Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2020 : Sale A1220 Lot 406
A 25-BORE MATCHLOCK HAND-PAINTED TORADOR MUSKET, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number,

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A 25-BORE MATCHLOCK HAND-PAINTED 'TORADOR' MUSKET, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number,
Indian circa 1800, with 50 1/2in. swamped octagonal barrel, traces of gilt koftgari-work at muzzle and breech, carved brass band around the standing notch rear-sight (cracked through), side pan with hinged cover, wood full-stock of classic form fully painted in polychromatic floral decoration (losses to paint, wood joined and split at various locations), horn heel-plate, iron plate reinforcement at breech (originally painted en-suite now mostly lost), pierced hatchet-shaped exposed trigger blade, carved iron horseshoe swivel and turned iron ramrod

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Estimate £200-300