LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A VERY FINE 25-BORE TURKISH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL
LATE 18TH CENTURY
WITH TWO-STAGE BARREL OCTAGONAL AT THE BREECH AND PROFUSELY ENCRUSTED WITH GOLD SCROLLWORK, FLOWERS AND TROPHIES OF ARMS, THE FORWARD SECTION WITH FOUR PANELS OF GOLD PERSIAN VERSES IN NASKHI SCRIPT, GOLD-ENCRUSTED TANG INCORPORATING THE BACK-SIGHT, GOLD-LINED VENT, BEVELLED LOCK PROFUSELY ENCRUSTED THROUGHOUT WITH GOLD DECORATION AND WITH GOLD-LINED PAN, WALNUT FULL STOCK INLAID WITH SILVER WIRE SCROLLWORK AND PIERCED SILVER PANELS ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE AND FLOWER-HEADS, PARCEL-GILT MOUNTS INCLUDING PIERCED SCROLL SIDE-PLATE AND ESCUTCHEON, SPURRED POMMEL CAST AND CHASED WITH FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE IN LOW RELIEF AND WITH GROTESQUE MASK CAP, AND PIERCED MUZZLE BAND INCORPORATING THE FORE-SIGHT, TURNED SILVER RAMROD-PIPES, AND HOLLOW FALSE RAMROD
19IN. (48.2CM.)
LATE 18TH CENTURY
WITH TWO-STAGE BARREL OCTAGONAL AT THE BREECH AND PROFUSELY ENCRUSTED WITH GOLD SCROLLWORK, FLOWERS AND TROPHIES OF ARMS, THE FORWARD SECTION WITH FOUR PANELS OF GOLD PERSIAN VERSES IN NASKHI SCRIPT, GOLD-ENCRUSTED TANG INCORPORATING THE BACK-SIGHT, GOLD-LINED VENT, BEVELLED LOCK PROFUSELY ENCRUSTED THROUGHOUT WITH GOLD DECORATION AND WITH GOLD-LINED PAN, WALNUT FULL STOCK INLAID WITH SILVER WIRE SCROLLWORK AND PIERCED SILVER PANELS ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE AND FLOWER-HEADS, PARCEL-GILT MOUNTS INCLUDING PIERCED SCROLL SIDE-PLATE AND ESCUTCHEON, SPURRED POMMEL CAST AND CHASED WITH FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE IN LOW RELIEF AND WITH GROTESQUE MASK CAP, AND PIERCED MUZZLE BAND INCORPORATING THE FORE-SIGHT, TURNED SILVER RAMROD-PIPES, AND HOLLOW FALSE RAMROD
19IN. (48.2CM.)