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Lot 49*

A Pair Of Albanian 20-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistols (Kubura)
19th Century, Probably Péc

11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Pair Of Albanian 20-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistols (Kubura)
19th Century, Probably Péc

With barrels each with sighting flat and lightly chiselled with foliage at the breech, grooved engraved tangs, flat bevelled locks (actions defective, one top jaw and one side nail missing) lightly engraved with foliate scrollwork, figured full stocks carved with foliage along each fore-end, the back of each butt with pinned parcel-gilt plates embossed with symmetrical designs of foliage, white-metal mounts chased with foliage and comprising shaped side-plates pierced with holes, spurred pommels with domed caps, foliate engraved steel trigger-guards, the tangs retained by wire around the butts, scroll triggers, and muzzle-sleeves and false ramrods en suite with the butt panels (some wear and rust patination) (2)
32.3 cm. barrels

Footnotes

For a similar example of the type see Robert Elgood, The Arms of Greece..., 2009, p. 186, fig. 230

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