A GOLD-DAMASCENED AND SILVER-OVERLAID FLINTLOCK PISTOL
A GOLD-DAMASCENED AND SILVER-OVERLAID FLINTLOCK PISTOL
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
With belled watered damascus steel barrel inlaid with golden palmettes and vegetal motifs, walnut full stock, its handle and sides of the stock ornamented with Western-inspired silver decorations consisting of abstract tendrils and foliage, the butt with a silver repoussé pommel with grapes and vegetal motifs, the sideplate to the flintlock mechanism marked with the inscription 'London', 44.5cm long.
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A GOLD-DAMASCENED AND SILVER-OVERLAID FLINTLOCK PISTOL
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
With belled watered damascus steel barrel inlaid with golden palmettes and vegetal motifs, walnut full stock, its handle and sides of the stock ornamented with Western-inspired silver decorations consisting of abstract tendrils and foliage, the butt with a silver repoussé pommel with grapes and vegetal motifs, the sideplate to the flintlock mechanism marked with the inscription 'London', 44.5cm long.
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