A PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED PISTOLS AND THEIR EMBROIDERED LEATHER HOLSTER
A PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED PISTOLS AND THEIR EMBROIDERED LEATHER HOLSTER

OTTOMAN BALKANS, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED PISTOLS AND THEIR EMBROIDERED LEATHER HOLSTER
OTTOMAN BALKANS, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each pistol with Damascus barrel and wood stock engraved with flowering vine and trophy of arms at the breech, each with parcel-gilt mounts worked in repoussé or engraved with further floral motifs, the lock of each with maker's mark, in Ottoman leather holster with strap all heavily embroidered in silver thread with a variety of floral motifs
Each pistol 20½in. (52cm.) long

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