A RARE AND IMPORTANT FLINTLOCK MUSKETOON (BUKMAR) MADE FOR TIPU SULTAN

Lot 103
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 80 000
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Lot 103 | A RARE AND IMPORTANT FLINTLOCK MUSKETOON (BUKMAR) MADE FOR TIPU SULTAN
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£ 80 000 – 100 000
A RARE AND IMPORTANT FLINTLOCK MUSKETOON (BUKMAR) MADE FOR TIPU SULTAN

SIGNED GHULAM AMIN, SERINGAPATAM (SRIRANGAPATNA), INDIA, MAULUDI 1223/1793-94 AD

The half octagonal barrel inlaid in silver with eight inscriptions and dates with foliate decoration, the iron lock inlaid with silver with four inscriptions and dates, the cock in the form of a tiger's head, the stock fitted with brass trigger-guard and butt-plate with floral decoration, the non-lock side of the stock fitted with a brass bubri motif, with ramrod, the barrel, lock, trigger-guard and butt-plate are struck with the Mysore 'Hyder' control mark, tiger cipher inlaid in silver on the barrel and on a brass plate set into the top of the grip

39 ½in. (100.3cm.) long





Literature

M.M. Masood, "An unlisted flintlock blunderbuss from the armoury of Tipu Sultan and deciphering the theen theerah (313) symbol on the firearms of Tipu Sultan", The Journal of The Arms & Armour Society, vol. XXIII, no. 2, September 2019, pp.108-123
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