A 50 BORE JAPANESE SNAP MATCHLOCK MUSKET (TANEGASHIMA TEPPO), EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1840-80 with tapering octagonal sighted barrel strongly moulded at the muzzle, block-shaped back-sight, inlaid with a silver line at the breech (losses) and signed beneath: jigane makihari Osaka ju Uryu Sahei saku [the body of steel and makihari finish, made by Uryu Sahei of Osaka], integral pan with brass pivot cover, brass lock with serpentine, cherrywood full stock of characteristic form (cracked about the tang), and brass mounts including engraved butt plate and rosette washers for the barrel bolts (ramrod missing) 100 cm; 39 1/2 in barrel Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 2084
A 50 BORE JAPANESE SNAP MATCHLOCK MUSKET (TANEGASHIMA TEPPO), EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1840-80 with tapering octagonal sighted barrel strongly moulded at the muzzle, block-shaped back-sight, inlaid with a silver line at the breech (losses) and signed beneath: jigane makihari Osaka ju Uryu Sahei saku [the body of steel and makihari finish, made by Uryu Sahei of Osaka], integral pan with brass pivot cover, brass lock with serpentine, cherrywood full stock of characteristic form (cracked about the tang), and brass mounts including engraved butt plate and rosette washers for the barrel bolts (ramrod missing) 100 cm; 39 1/2 in barrel Provenance JWHA Inv. No. 2084
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