Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha

lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European

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Algerian firearms are typically very long and fitted with smoothbore barrels imported from Europe. The finest guns have stocks inlaid with silver (and occasionally gold), pierced and engraved with meandering floral and geometric designs. This example is unusual in bearing the name of the maker, his patron (an aga, probably an official at the court of the dey of Algiers), and the date. The silver is struck with an Algerian hallmark.

Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European

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Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Rifle of Ali Pasha, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy, textile, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European

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