A rare gold-koftgari steel combined walking stick and percussion gun
India, mid 19th Centurythe handle finial in the form of a tiger-head with movable tongue, the tapering shaft also forming the barrel, the top unscrewing to reveal the nipple, with sprung action cocked and released by a lever along the back, decorated in gold overlay with a repeated design of lobed cartouches containing quatrefoils to the shaft, the handle with lobed cartouches containing floral motifs, above scales
103 cm. longFootnotesProvenance
Bonhams, Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria, 28 April 1999, lot 134.
Private UK collection.
A comparable example is in The Royal Collection (RCIN 11484).
A rare gold-koftgari steel combined walking stick and percussion gun
India, mid 19th Centurythe handle finial in the form of a tiger-head with movable tongue, the tapering shaft also forming the barrel, the top unscrewing to reveal the nipple, with sprung action cocked and released by a lever along the back, decorated in gold overlay with a repeated design of lobed cartouches containing quatrefoils to the shaft, the handle with lobed cartouches containing floral motifs, above scales
103 cm. longFootnotesProvenance
Bonhams, Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria, 28 April 1999, lot 134.
Private UK collection.
A comparable example is in The Royal Collection (RCIN 11484).
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