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A Balkan 18-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistol (Celina or Ledenica), Boka Kotorska Or Northern Albania, 19th Century

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A Balkan 18-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistol (Celina or Ledenica)
Boka Kotorska Or Northern Albania, 19th Century
With plain russet barrel with silver mount over the tang cast and chased with foliage, flat bevelled lock signed 'Bossi', silver full stock and bulbous pommel cast and chased overall in relief with foliate scrollwork within beaded line borders, trigger-guard, muzzle-sleeve and false ramrod all en suite, and gilt trigger cast, pierced and chased with foliage; together with a brass-hilted kilij in Ottoman style, and a Balinese kris, the first with curved double-edged blade (pitted) etched on both sides with foliage and a panel containing pseudo Arabic inscriptions, hilt with monster-head quillons, and eagle-head pommel set with red glass eyes; the second with earlier waved blade (pitted), and bone grip carved in the round as a seated priest, in its carved bone-mounted scabbard, with aluminium pandaq (one strap missing) chased with foliage (3)
The first 34.5 cm. barrel

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A Balkan 18-Bore Flintlock Holster Pistol (Celina or Ledenica)
Boka Kotorska Or Northern Albania, 19th Century
With plain russet barrel with silver mount over the tang cast and chased with foliage, flat bevelled lock signed 'Bossi', silver full stock and bulbous pommel cast and chased overall in relief with foliate scrollwork within beaded line borders, trigger-guard, muzzle-sleeve and false ramrod all en suite, and gilt trigger cast, pierced and chased with foliage; together with a brass-hilted kilij in Ottoman style, and a Balinese kris, the first with curved double-edged blade (pitted) etched on both sides with foliage and a panel containing pseudo Arabic inscriptions, hilt with monster-head quillons, and eagle-head pommel set with red glass eyes; the second with earlier waved blade (pitted), and bone grip carved in the round as a seated priest, in its carved bone-mounted scabbard, with aluminium pandaq (one strap missing) chased with foliage (3)
The first 34.5 cm. barrel

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