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A Turkish 18-Bore Flintlock (Kubur) Holster Pistol19th Century
27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,000 inc. premium
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A Turkish 18-Bore Flintlock (Kubur) Holster Pistol
19th Century
19th Century
With three-stage barrel and octagonal breech, plain tang, rounded lock with spurious signature, figured full stock carved in low relief with foliage, silver mounts embossed and chased in relief with foliage and comprising shaped side-plate, pinned plates around the barrel tang and above the back of the pommel (grip probably originally bound with twisted silver wire), pommel with plain spurs, muzzle-sleeve carrying a fore-sight and false ramrod beneath, trigger-guard and turned rear ramrod-pipe each with foliate finials, the former with a grotesque mask on the bow, and scrolled iron trigger
35.5 cm. barrel
35.5 cm. barrel








