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A pair of Attractively…
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Melbourne
Date:
5-Aug-2024
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Description:
A pair of Attractively decorated ottoman Balkan flintlock pistols, Albanian or Greek, circa 1800, unidentified maker's marks to the flats and locks, unidentified proof marks at the breeches, each with a two-stage barrel octagonal at the breech becoming round, the repousse white metal muzzle sleeve with integral false ramrod, the rounded lock engraved with indistinct inscription, the full walnut stock finely carved throughout with foliate designs and inlaid with wire scrolls and tiny stones and a white metal crowned escutcheon to the back of the butt, the spurred white metal pommel terminating in a chiselled foliate cabochon, the flats and tang, side plate, trigger guard, and pommel all decoratively engraved, one 46 cm long (barrel 30.5 cm), the other slightly shorter
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Unclassified