A Turkish 18-Bore Silver-Mounted Flintlock Holster Pistol
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A Turkish 18-Bore Silver-Mounted Flintlock Holster Pistol
Turkish Silver Marks, Early 19th Century
With barrel chiselled with foliage against a brass-inlaid ground along each top flat of the octagonal breech and retained by a silver muzzle-sleeve embossed and chased with foliage involving buildings and a martial trophy, tang, flat bevelled lock and cock en suite with the breech, figured full stock inlaid with pierced silver panels (incomplete) secured by silver pins, mounts cast and chased with foliage and comprising shaped side-plate, spurred pommel with domed cap, and trigger-guard with a trophy of arms on the bow, and false silver ramrod decorated with incised spiral lines and engraved with an Arabic inscription on the rear 'ramrod-pipe' (worn overall)
34.3 cm. barrel
Sold for £437 inc. premium

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