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Lot 84*
A Pair Of Turkish 25-Bore Silver-Mounted Flintlock Holster PistolsSecond Half Of The 18th Century
6 April 2006, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,920 inc. premium
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Second Half Of The 18th Century
Second Half Of The 18th Century
With finely twist barrels each with two sighting flats chiselled with trefoil-shaped finials encrusted with gold arabesques (some wear), breeches each with a shaped panel en suite and struck with a gold-lined maker's mark, a spray of gold-encrusted flowers beyond, a gold line at the muzzle and a gold band at the breech, tangs decorated with silver-encrusted flowers, rounded Italian export locks signed 'Chinelli' and each chiselled with foliage on the tail and cock (one top jaw, screw and steel old replacements), moulded full stocks (repairs) sparsely carved with foliage along the fore-ends and around the barrel tangs, mounts cast and chased with foliage and comprising shaped side-plates, crowned escutcheons, spurred pommels, trigger-guards and faceted ramrod-pipes, and later ramrods (2)
32 cm. barrels
32 cm. barrels








