LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF 20-BORE TURKISH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
WITH THREE-STAGE BARRELS EACH CHISELLED IN LOW RELIEF WITH A STANDING FEMALE FIGURE ON THE BREECH AND WITH A RAISED MOULDING AND A GARBLED INSCRIPTION BEYOND, ENGRAVED ROUNDED LOCKS EACH WITH GARBLED SIGNATURE, CARVED MOULDED CIRCASSIAN WALNUT FULL STOCKS, WHITE METAL MOUNTS WITH FAINT TRACES OF SILVERING INCLUDING PIERCED SIDE-PLATES, ENGRAVED SPURRED POMMELS EACH WITH GROTESQUE MASK CAP, AND FOLIATE ESCUTCHEONS, HORN FORE-END CAPS, AND MATCHING FALSE RAMRODS (TRIGGER-GUARDS REPAIRED)
20IN. (50.8CM.) (2)
LATE 18TH CENTURY
WITH THREE-STAGE BARRELS EACH CHISELLED IN LOW RELIEF WITH A STANDING FEMALE FIGURE ON THE BREECH AND WITH A RAISED MOULDING AND A GARBLED INSCRIPTION BEYOND, ENGRAVED ROUNDED LOCKS EACH WITH GARBLED SIGNATURE, CARVED MOULDED CIRCASSIAN WALNUT FULL STOCKS, WHITE METAL MOUNTS WITH FAINT TRACES OF SILVERING INCLUDING PIERCED SIDE-PLATES, ENGRAVED SPURRED POMMELS EACH WITH GROTESQUE MASK CAP, AND FOLIATE ESCUTCHEONS, HORN FORE-END CAPS, AND MATCHING FALSE RAMRODS (TRIGGER-GUARDS REPAIRED)
20IN. (50.8CM.) (2)