Miquelet Gun

lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European

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Coral-inlaid firearms were a specialty of Algerian and Tunisian gunmakers in the eighteenth century. Shaped coral plaques were fitted into a silver framework to create a colorful decoration. The dey of Algiers presented examples to European rulers as part of his nation’s trade negotiations, and the bey of Tunis presented one to President Thomas Jefferson in 1805. The barrels of these guns are of European manufacture intended for the North African market.

Miquelet Gun, Steel, wood, coral, silver, copper alloy, gold, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European

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Miquelet Gun, Steel, wood, coral, silver, copper alloy, gold, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Gun, Steel, wood, coral, silver, copper alloy, gold, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Gun, Steel, wood, coral, silver, copper alloy, gold, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Gun, Steel, wood, coral, silver, copper alloy, gold, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Gun, Steel, wood, coral, silver, copper alloy, gold, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Gun, Steel, wood, coral, silver, copper alloy, gold, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Gun, Steel, wood, coral, silver, copper alloy, gold, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Gun, Steel, wood, coral, silver, copper alloy, gold, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Gun, Steel, wood, coral, silver, copper alloy, gold, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European
Miquelet Gun, Steel, wood, coral, silver, copper alloy, gold, lock and stock, Algerian; barrel, European

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