Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2024 : Sale A1224 Lot 463
A LATE 40-BORE JAPANESE MATCHLOCK TANEGASHIMA PISTOL OF MARTIAL QUALITY, no visible serial number,

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A LATE 40-BORE JAPANESE MATCHLOCK TANEGASHIMA PISTOL OF MARTIAL QUALITY, no visible serial number,
circa 1870, with round 9 1/2in. rifled barrel, pinched block fore-sight, block rear-sight with sighting groove, side-mounted pan (hinged cover absent), brass collar around the breech, flat brass lock-plate with external brass mainspring and exposed match-holder, cherrywood full-stock of typical form bored through at wrist for match and with inlet chrysanthemum escutcheoned match holder at pommel, stud trigger with brass wire guard, single escutcheoned bamboo peg barrel-pin, missing ramrod



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Estimate £200-300