29th Sep, 2017 10:00 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
  Lot 164
 

164

A 19th Century Dutch Percussion Three Band Rifle, the 100cm steel barrel with hinged sliding...

A 19th Century Dutch Percussion Three Band Rifle, the 100cm steel barrel with hinged sliding rear sight, stamped AB, the rounded lock plate stamped with a crown/F.G./52, the walnut full stock with sprung latch barrel bands, one incorporating the fore-end tip, with D shape trigger guard, ribbed finger grips, steel sling swivels and ramrod, the right side of the butt stamped MAASTRICHT 1852 within a roundel enclosing crowned W, also with crowned monogram, 141cm, together with a socket bayonet with concave triangular blade, lacks scabbard

Sold for £750
Estimated at £400 - £500


 

Action works, holds at full and half cock. Metalwork has patching and some pitting, particularly on the trigger guard. Bruising to stock.

 


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 29th Sep, 2017

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