LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A Pair Of 20-Bore Balkan Flintlock Holster Pistols
Late 18th Century
With three-stage barrels each with a mark at the breech and the spurious inscription 'London', flat bevelled locks with the same spurious inscription, full stocks covered in gilt-metal panels decorated with scrollwork in relief, muzzle sleeves en suite, gilt-metal mounts cast and chased in relief, and false ramrods, the butts bound with wire (triggers not a pair)
20¼in. (51.4cm.) (2)
Late 18th Century
With three-stage barrels each with a mark at the breech and the spurious inscription 'London', flat bevelled locks with the same spurious inscription, full stocks covered in gilt-metal panels decorated with scrollwork in relief, muzzle sleeves en suite, gilt-metal mounts cast and chased in relief, and false ramrods, the butts bound with wire (triggers not a pair)
20¼in. (51.4cm.) (2)