LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A Pair Of 18-Bore Turkish Flintlock Holster Pistols
Late 18th Century
Each with swamped three-stage sighted barrel inlaid with three brass bands and chiselled at intervals in low relief with scrolling foliage on a punched ground, plain grooved tang, flat bevelled lock with garbled English inscription, carved walnut full stock (one fore-end chipped), the butt inlaid with silver wire with large metal escutcheon retaining faint traces of silvering, cast and chased brass mounts including spurred pommel with nielloed silver cap, and integral false ramrod
23in. (58.4cm.) (2)
Late 18th Century
Each with swamped three-stage sighted barrel inlaid with three brass bands and chiselled at intervals in low relief with scrolling foliage on a punched ground, plain grooved tang, flat bevelled lock with garbled English inscription, carved walnut full stock (one fore-end chipped), the butt inlaid with silver wire with large metal escutcheon retaining faint traces of silvering, cast and chased brass mounts including spurred pommel with nielloed silver cap, and integral false ramrod
23in. (58.4cm.) (2)
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