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THE PROPERTY OF A FAMILY TRUST
A PAIR OF ALGERIAN SILVER- AND CORAL-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS
CIRCA 1760-80
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A PAIR OF ALGERIAN SILVER- AND CORAL-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS
CIRCA 1760-80
With two-stage barrels, flat bevelled lock with silver-encrusted foliate ornament, hardwood full stocks profusely inlaid with silver tendrils surrounding red leaf-shaped corals (Corallium Rubrum), silver mounts including single barrel-band decorated with flowering foliage, and wooden ramrods (surface corrosion to barrels, one stock incomplete, some corals missing)
12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm.) barrels
CIRCA 1760-80
With two-stage barrels, flat bevelled lock with silver-encrusted foliate ornament, hardwood full stocks profusely inlaid with silver tendrils surrounding red leaf-shaped corals (Corallium Rubrum), silver mounts including single barrel-band decorated with flowering foliage, and wooden ramrods (surface corrosion to barrels, one stock incomplete, some corals missing)
12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm.) barrels
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