Lot 233
  • 233

A double-barreled pistol with dedication to Muhammad Shah Qajar, Europe for the Persian market, dated A.H. 1254 / A.D. 1839

Estimate
4,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

the watered-steel faceted double-barrel chased and engraved with vegetal scrolls the sighting inlaid with gold inscription, further scrolls to the steel lock and hammer, steel ramrod, wooden stock with chequered butt and foliate repoussé pommel with ring

Catalogue Note

inscriptions

hasb al-amr-e shahanshah-e jamjah Muhammad shah-e ghazi dar jubba khana-ye tabriz be-etmam rasid be-tarikh-e dhi'l-qa'da al-haram sana 1254

'By the order of the King of Kings, the one who has the magnificence of Jamshid, Muhammad Shah the Conqueror, this was completed in the armoury of Tabriz in dhi'l-qa'da the year 1254 (January-February 1839)'

Signed as :

bandeh-ye dargah muhammad hasan

'The servant of the court Muhammad Hasan'