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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
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A pair of Balkan 16-bore flintlock holster pistols (Zlatkas) with silver-gilt mounts
Prizren, Early 19th century

Antique Arms and Armour
11 May 2016, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£3,000 - £4,000

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A pair of Balkan 16-bore flintlock holster pistols (Zlatkas) with silver-gilt mounts
Prizren, Early 19th century

With three-stage barrels each chiselled with symmetrical foliage against a gilt ground at the breech, lightly engraved tangs each with a small gilt crescent mark, rounded lock and cocks en suite with the breeches, wooden full stocks entirely covered in silver-gilt secured by pins and finely embossed and chased overall with scrolling foliage including flower-heads, all against finely stippled grounds, spurred pommels, muzzle-sleeves and barrel bands (one replaced) en suite, butts bound with twisted and plain silver wire, spirally embossed false ramrods, and in fine condition retaining nearly all their original gilding (2)
30.9 cm. barrels

Footnotes

For a similar pair of pistols, believed to have been owned by Captain Henry Digby, who commanded H.M.S Africa at the battle of the Nile in 1798, see Robert Elgood, The Arms of Greece..., 2009, p. 191, figs 246-247

Cf. another pair sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 25 November 2015, lot 65

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.