An Indian matchlock musket
A very fine, long and slender example with elaborate golden damascening.
SoldA fine Indian toradar with inlaid stock
General introduction A number of downsized Indian toradar with such
SoldIndian revolving musket
The main disadvantage of early firearms was the long time it took to reload them.
SoldEnglish rifle with Ottoman barrel
An English rifle that was built around an 18th-century Ottoman barrel of the finest quality.
GalleryFine Malay matchlock musket
A very fine Malay matchlock or "satingar" with Indo-Portuguese style luck.
SoldIndian signed dhal from Gujarat
An interesting Indian dhal, a small shield that was signed by its maker from Gujarat.
SoldDzeferdar miquelet rifle
With Ottoman twisted "damascus" barrel and fine mother-of-pearl inlaid stock.
SoldA fine "boyliya" paragun
One of Europe's rarest gun types. A fine example, with mother of pearl inlaid stock.
SoldA fine Sindh flintlock
A large gun with English flintlock mechanism, as favored by the Mirs of the Talpur court. In very good condition, with…
SoldA fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun
Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.
€5000,-An unusual ḍhāl
A translucent hide shield with gilt brass ornaments. Probably Nepalese of for a Nepalese client.
SoldAn Indonesian blunderbuss
Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.
SoldCeremonial peurise teumaga
Cast brass shield of a ceremonial type that was used during sword dances in Aceh.
SoldRare Santali shield
Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.
€1500,-Caucasian silver niello miquelet pistol
Dagestani work from the town of Kubatchi, early to mid 19th century.
SoldLarge sipar fouladi (wootz shield)
North Indian shield entirely made of wootz, including its bosses.
SoldFlintlock lance
A what? Yes exactly. An extremely rare piece, the only example I am aware of in published collections at least.
€6500,-