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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF 20-BORE TURKISH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS
Early 19th Century
With tapering barrels each retained by a white-metal barrel band decorated with scrollwork in relief, the breeches each chiselled in low relief with a figure of Cupid and scrollwork, border engraved locks chiselled in low relief, wooden full stocks profusely inlaid with white-metal wire and flower-heads, some losses, and decorated behind the barrel tangs with pierced white-metal plaques, iron mounts, white-metal escutcheons, and false ramrods, some wear throughout, iron parts with surface rust and some pitting, one cock replaced
19in. (48.2cm.) (2)
Early 19th Century
With tapering barrels each retained by a white-metal barrel band decorated with scrollwork in relief, the breeches each chiselled in low relief with a figure of Cupid and scrollwork, border engraved locks chiselled in low relief, wooden full stocks profusely inlaid with white-metal wire and flower-heads, some losses, and decorated behind the barrel tangs with pierced white-metal plaques, iron mounts, white-metal escutcheons, and false ramrods, some wear throughout, iron parts with surface rust and some pitting, one cock replaced
19in. (48.2cm.) (2)
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