£150 - £250
AN ANTIQUE AFGHAM JEZAIL believed dating from the period of the first Anglo/Afghan war between 1839 and 1842, it is fitted with flint lock which appears to be one used in the former British Brown Bess musket lock and probably taken during this conflict then subsequently fitted to one of their own muskets, it has an overall length of 48 ¾'' which is fitted with a 33 ½'' smooth bore barrel, its wood stock is inset with a huge quantity of mother of pearl shapes and there is brass serrated edging strips around the lock plate and along the stock below the barrel, virtually all these embellishments are intact, the ornately shaped barrel starts with three visible longitudinal grooves at the breech end then moves forward through a ringed section to a five visible grooved length before finally terminating with a round cross section, the barrel, which has a button foresight and V notch rear sight and it attached to the stock with two brass barrel bands, its lock is in working condition but extremely stiff to operate, it comes with a canvas slip
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