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Lot 65
A Pair Of Albanian 18-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistols19th Century, Probably Prizren
23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,375 inc. premium
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19th Century, Probably Prizren
19th Century, Probably Prizren
With barrels each gold-damascened over half their length with a row of five cartouches containing pseudo calligraphy against a ground of arabesques, breeches each struck with European barrelsmith's stamp on the left side, flat bevelled locks chiselled and lightly engraved with foliage, cocks (top jaws and screws replaced) and steels en suite, carved hardwood full stocks (one chipped beneath the lock), the butts covered in silver filigree set with clustered silver beadwork along the back enriched with three red beads (probably corallium rubrum) and three neilloed silver diamonds, mounts comprising side-plates en suite with the butts, spurred pommels deeply cast and chased with foliage against a nielloed ground, circular pommel-caps en suite (one with minor damage), engraved brass trigger-guards each with foliate finial, white-metal muzzle-sleeves embossed and chased with foliage, and embossed false ramrods (2)
32.5 cm. barrels
32.5 cm. barrels
Footnotes
For a similar pair of pistols in their holster and sold in these Rooms, see Eastern Arms & Armour From the Richard R. Wagner Jr. Collection, 29 April 2015, lot 270. See also Robert Hales, Islamic And Oriental Arms Armour..., 2013, p. 257, fig. 625








