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A RARE 42 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN WITH REVOLVING FOUR CHAMBER BREECH, 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH with sighted barrel formed with a waisted muzzle retaining traces of gilt decoration, rotating breech decorated with gold koftgari foliage and chevrons (losses) and retained by a robust spring, round action cover and solid trigger, and slender slightly curved wooden butt (restored, later ramrod), 79.7 cm barrel Roy Elvis Catalogue Number H17

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A RARE 42 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK GUN WITH REVOLVING FOUR CHAMBER BREECH, 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH with sighted barrel formed with a waisted muzzle retaining traces of gilt decoration, rotating breech decorated with gold koftgari foliage and chevrons (losses) and retained by a robust spring, round action cover and solid trigger, and slender slightly curved wooden butt (restored, later ramrod), 79.7 cm barrel Roy Elvis Catalogue Number H17

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