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BARNES & CO, LONDON
AN EXTREMELY FINE 18-BORE PERCUSSION GOLD DAMASCENED BELT-PISTOL, no visible serial number,
for the Indian market circa 1850, with smoothbore octagonal 7 3/4in. barrel profusely decorated with gold koftgari arabesques forming panels at muzzle and breech, each panel joined by full-length koftgari decoration along the side-flats, the top-flat with a stylised spear, all on a bright background, bead fore-sight, the breech-end signed 'BARNES & CO, LONDON' and bordered by a gold line, farsi inscription to the left top-flat, the breech-block, snail and top-tang full gold damascened and with standing notch rear-sight, fully gold damascened slightly curved back-action lock signed in a panel 'BARNES & CO', en-suite hammer, walnut full-stock with chequered bag-shaped butt, fully gold damascened trigger guard bow, lower tang, belt-hook , trigger blade and ramrod throat and pan-headed iron captive ramrod with gold damascened stirrup and head
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Estimate £800-1,200