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LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A pair of 22-bore Turkish flintlock holster pistols
late 18th century
With silver-inlaid barrels and a spurious inscription on each sighting rib, engraved tangs each with applied silver panel, rounded locks each with raised pan, roller, and two-line inscription (one top jaw missing), full stocks carved with scrollwork in relief, engraved brass mounts including shaped escutcheons and spurred pommels each decorated with encrusted silver, brass ramrod-pipes, and false ramrods
17in. (43.2cm.) (2)
late 18th century
With silver-inlaid barrels and a spurious inscription on each sighting rib, engraved tangs each with applied silver panel, rounded locks each with raised pan, roller, and two-line inscription (one top jaw missing), full stocks carved with scrollwork in relief, engraved brass mounts including shaped escutcheons and spurred pommels each decorated with encrusted silver, brass ramrod-pipes, and false ramrods
17in. (43.2cm.) (2)