A 16 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN

A 16 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN with tapering sighted barrel swelling at the muzzle and chiselled with elaborate designs of scrolling gilt foliage, retained by later leather bands, the breech with a broad panel of scrolling foliage and flowers, inhabited at the top by a deity and a pair of stags, fitted with integral shaped pan with cover all chiselled and gilt en suite, slender tang chiselled and gilt with scrolling foliage, action enclosed by a pair of large panels chiselled and gilt with scrolling foliage and flowers within a foliate frame, the rear incorporating a pierced design involving a pair of addorsed birds, retaining its chain and pricker sheath (pricker missing), shaped trigger en suite, and hardwood full stock (small restorations), and two sling mounts, 94.5 cm barrel Roy Elvis Catalogue Number H18