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Lot 89

A Pair Of Algerian 18-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistols And Holster
19th Century

23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Pair Of Algerian 18-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistols And Holster
19th Century

The barrels (breeches filed off) each retained by pierced silver barrel bands (one missing), locks and cocks set with silver panels chased with foliage, lightly carved wooden full stocks decorated with silver nails, foliate engraved silver mounts comprising pierced side-plates, spurred pommels and trigger-guards each with an engraved Arabic inscription at the finial, and silver-tipped ramrods: in their burgundy hard leather holster embroidered on the outside in silver threads with a symmetrical design of foliage (suspension strap incomplete); together with an Algerian 28-bore miquelet-lock 'rat-tail' pistol, early 19th century, with characteristic lock, wooden full stock entirely covered in brass engraved with panels of scrollwork, and set with pewter clusters (ioannina) along the back of the pointed butt, and brass-covered steel trigger-guard (ramrod missing); and five various decorative flintlock pistols (9)
The first 30.2 cm. barrels

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