A Pair Of Ottoman 25-Bore Silver-Mounted Flintlock Holster Pistols
Lot 130*
A Pair Of Ottoman 25-Bore Silver-Mounted Flintlock Holster Pistols
Sold for £3,250 (US$ 5,501) inc. premium
Auction Details
Lot Details
A Pair Of Ottoman 25-Bore Silver-Mounted Flintlock Holster Pistols
The Barrels And Locks Probably Russian, Late 18th/Early 19th Century
With finely damascus twist barrels each decorated with an encrusted gold urn and foliage above gold lines at the breech, tangs each with grooved ovoidal back-sight, reblued rounded locks and cocks encrusted with engraved gold foliage, rollers, highly figured full stocks (minor damage) with moulded borders and carved with foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipes and barrel tangs, cast and chased mounts comprising pierced foliate side-plates each with monster-head terminals, spurred pommels each with ovoidal cap decorated with a crescent and foliage, border engraved trigger-guards each with separate foliate finial (one replaced), baluster ramrod-pipes, muzzle-sleeves each chased with a trophy of arms against a punched ground, and false ramrods engraved with flower-heads at the tip (2)
32.1 cm. barrels
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