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A pair of finely decorated…
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Melbourne
Date:
5-Aug-2024
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Description:
A pair of finely decorated ottoman flintlock pistols, probably Turkish, circa 1800, unidentified maker's mark in Arabic at the breeches, each with a three-stage barrel octagonal at the breech becoming round, the flats chiselled and engraved with a twin-bladed scimitar amidst panels of foliate design with remnant gilding in some recesses, the tang with a crescent moon, the bevelled lock, cock, and upper jaw chiselled and gilt to conform with the flats, the full walnut stock inlaid along its length with clusters and lines of brass roundels inset with green stone in a star design, the engraved brass side plate of martial trophy design, the spurred repousse brass pommel with cabochon (both ramrods absent), one 44 cm long (barrel 29 cm), the other slightly shorter
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Category:
Unclassified