23rd Mar, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
3279
A Rare 19th Century Burmese Combination Dha/Percussion Pistol, the 23.5cm round steel barrel with brass band to the muzzle, the whole barrel pulling out of the wood stock to reveal the 39cm single edge curved steel blade, the lock plate engraved with a maker's mark and inscription, the hard wood full stock with brass fore-end tip, ramrod pipe, foliate engraved trigger guard and side plate, the rounded rectangular section, slightly downswept butt applied with shaped bands of sheet brass, with two sling swivels and steel ramrod, 67.5cm
**See Blades and Barrels, Six Centuries of Combination Weapons, by H Gordon Frost, pp 136-138, plates 217 & 218
Estimated at £2,500 - £3,000
Action works, holds at full and half cock. Some grey patching and pitting to the barrel and action.
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 23rd Mar, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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Tuesday 22 March 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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