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Indian Arab Musket
A rare early Yemen matchlock smoothbore musket. Finely chiselled barrel with highly defined raised ribs to the forte section becoming smooth cylindrical midway and with further chiselled ribbing to the end, bands still retaining some inlay of woven silver and gold wirework. The barrel retains an attractive polished patinated appearance but is undoubtedly of damascus twist steel. Beautiful pierced and shaped pan mount. The forte deeply stamped with cartouches contiaining arabic calligraphy. The simple wooden stock of arabian wood and with several loosely fitting brass cappucines, and brass sheath mounting. There is some damage to the wood beyond the sight mounting and the section of wood further along is missing causing the barrel bands to be a little loose. It has apparantly been like this for some time, and could be remedied if required with a simple restoration. Yemen, 18th century.