Mukahla Flintlock Rifle - Morocco - 19th Century

Mukahla flintlock rifle
Morocco, 19th century
Wood, steel, silver, bone and brass
Overall length: 158 ; Barrel length: 125 cm 
Caliber: 15 mm
(accident)

Fluted barrel with muzzle blunderbuss, held to the frame by twenty-seven engraved silver capu- cines. Flintlock lock with steel cheekpiece. Steel ramrod.
Wooden frame covered with line-engraved cut-out silver plates and enhanced with red pigments, decorated with eight silver half-rings on the top. Two chased silver braces complete the decoration.
The stock is inlaid with bone and red-pigmented scrolls.

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According to Article L311-2 of the French Internal Security Code, this collector's weapon is classified as a category D collectors' weapon. It is free to acquire and hold. We remind you that the sale of these weapons to minors is prohibited.