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OTTOMAN TURKEY, PERIOD OF SULTAN ABDULMECID I (1839-61 AD)
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A PAIR OF GILT PRESENTATION PISTOLS
OTTOMAN TURKEY, PERIOD OF SULTAN ABDULMECID I (1839-61 AD)
Each pistol covered with gilt plates with floral repoussé decoration, the top of the grip with diamond and rosette motifs, panels surrounded by strapwork border, the upper section of the barrel, trigger and the engraved decorated lock left uncovered, trigger guard also with gilt repoussé floral decoration set around a central diamond-shape, possibly re-gilded, the pistols each with multiple tughras on fitted stand
Each 20½in. (52cm.) long (2)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, PERIOD OF SULTAN ABDULMECID I (1839-61 AD)
Each pistol covered with gilt plates with floral repoussé decoration, the top of the grip with diamond and rosette motifs, panels surrounded by strapwork border, the upper section of the barrel, trigger and the engraved decorated lock left uncovered, trigger guard also with gilt repoussé floral decoration set around a central diamond-shape, possibly re-gilded, the pistols each with multiple tughras on fitted stand
Each 20½in. (52cm.) long (2)
Sale room notice
Please note that each pistol is covered with silver-gilt plates, and that the tughras are of Abdulmecid I (r.1839-61 AD).
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Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse
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