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ALGERIA AND TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY, ONE SIGNED AND DATED AH (12)85/1868-9 AD
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AN ALGERIAN CORAL-INSET PISTOL AND AN OTTOMAN SILVER WIRE INLAID PISTOL
ALGERIA AND TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY, ONE SIGNED AND DATED AH (12)85/1868-9 AD
Each with tapering barrel, the Algerian pistol with silver wire inlaid scrolling tendrils and coral-inset decoration, the silver-mounted butt with coral finial, with inscription in Arabic reading Muhammad bin... (?) (12)85 the Ottoman pistol with gilt silver wire and silver decoration, the trigger-guard engraved with a floral scroll, with ivory fore-stock finial and ramrod, with roman numerals and another O symbol to the lock-plate and maker's marks to the barrel
The Algerian pistol 22¾in. (58cm.), the Ottoman pistol 19½in. (49cm.) long (2)
ALGERIA AND TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY, ONE SIGNED AND DATED AH (12)85/1868-9 AD
Each with tapering barrel, the Algerian pistol with silver wire inlaid scrolling tendrils and coral-inset decoration, the silver-mounted butt with coral finial, with inscription in Arabic reading Muhammad bin... (?) (12)85 the Ottoman pistol with gilt silver wire and silver decoration, the trigger-guard engraved with a floral scroll, with ivory fore-stock finial and ramrod, with roman numerals and another O symbol to the lock-plate and maker's marks to the barrel
The Algerian pistol 22¾in. (58cm.), the Ottoman pistol 19½in. (49cm.) long (2)
Special notice
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