EUROPEAN FLINTLOCK PISTOLS
A CAUCASIAN MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOL, the iron barrel retained by two nielloed silver bands (one damaged, one missing) and with gold-damascened arabesques at the muzzle and breech, the latter with gold-lined maker's stamp, the lock overlaid with engraved nielloed silver, the full stock covered in black leather and set with shaped silver mounts decorated with nielloed foliage, compressed walrus ivory ball pommel with nielloed silver cap, iron lanyard ring, iron button trigger encrusted with silver foliage, and no provision for a ramrod, early 19th Century; and a Caucasian cow-horn with nielloed silver mounts, the top mount shaped as a bird's head, the eyes set with a turquoise, with silver suspension chain, Russian silver marks, late 19th Century

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A CAUCASIAN MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOL, the iron barrel retained by two nielloed silver bands (one damaged, one missing) and with gold-damascened arabesques at the muzzle and breech, the latter with gold-lined maker's stamp, the lock overlaid with engraved nielloed silver, the full stock covered in black leather and set with shaped silver mounts decorated with nielloed foliage, compressed walrus ivory ball pommel with nielloed silver cap, iron lanyard ring, iron button trigger encrusted with silver foliage, and no provision for a ramrod, early 19th Century; and a Caucasian cow-horn with nielloed silver mounts, the top mount shaped as a bird's head, the eyes set with a turquoise, with silver suspension chain, Russian silver marks, late 19th Century
17½in. and 8in. (2)

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