Fine Modern & Antique Guns - September 2017 : Sale A0917 Lot 578
A RARE POLEARM HEAD WITH INTEGRAL 54-BORE PERCUSSION PISTOL,
Product Details
A RARE POLEARM HEAD WITH INTEGRAL 54-BORE PERCUSSION PISTOL,
Indian, circa 1840, the delta-shaped 8in. blade with thickened armour-piercing point and carved medial ridge, the 4 1/4in. pistol barrel with florally carved muzzle-mount, the actual muzzle carved with the mask of a tiger, the barrel with moulded ears, the rear-section threaded with central percussion nipple (possibly added later)
Other Notes: There is a possibility that this is the turn-off barrel from a Tipu Sultan style pistol
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Estimate £100-200