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LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A 20-bore Turkish silver-mounted flintlock holster pistol
Late 18th century
With gold-damascened barrel retained by a silver filigree muzzle band, the top of the breech with a gold-damascened inscription, gold-damascened bevelled lock, wooden full stock entirely covered with silver filigree, beadwork, and small diamond-shaped panels, the upper side of the butt set with corals, the underside of the fore-stock with a further coral, spurred pommel, white-metal trigger-guard, and silver filigree false ramrod (damaged)
19½in. (49.5cm.)
Late 18th century
With gold-damascened barrel retained by a silver filigree muzzle band, the top of the breech with a gold-damascened inscription, gold-damascened bevelled lock, wooden full stock entirely covered with silver filigree, beadwork, and small diamond-shaped panels, the upper side of the butt set with corals, the underside of the fore-stock with a further coral, spurred pommel, white-metal trigger-guard, and silver filigree false ramrod (damaged)
19½in. (49.5cm.)