A RARE 22 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET WITH LEFT-HAND LOCK, 18TH CENTURY

A RARE 22 BORE INDIAN MATCHLOCK MUSKET WITH LEFT-HAND LOCK, 18TH CENTURY with swamped sighted barrel retained by four cord bands, decorated with a band of gold foliage around the muzzle and at the breech, the latter fitted with standing back-sight, integral iron pan decorated en suite, pivot-cover, the action encased by a pair of iron plaques each decorated with punched border ornament (pricker missing), hardwood full stock, the butt impressed with recessed panels and painted with a scrollwork cartouche on each side, the right-hand side impressed with an arsenal number (small closed cracks) and original iron ramrod, 101 cm barrel Provenance Robin Wigington