A Pair Of Balkan 20-Bore Silver-Mounted Flintlock Holster Pistols
19th Century
With barrels each inlaid with silver scrollwork at the breech, struck with maker's marks on the left flat and with a brass-lined mark on each breech flat, flat bevelled locks (one cock retaining screw replaced) each engraved with stylised foliage, cocks and steels en suite, the stocks entirely covered with silver filigree enriched with silver beads along the back of each butt, side-plates and rear ramrod-pipes, the first with three nielloed silver diamonds and three corals, a further coral behind the rear ramrod-pipes, spurred pommels deeply cast and chased with foliage against a nielloed ground, chased and nielloed pommel-caps, filigree trigger-guards, deep silver barrel sleeves embossed and chased with foliage and each set with three nielloed silver diamonds, and false ramrods of woven silver wire (one incomplete) (2)
35 cm. barrels