A Pair Of Turkish 18-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Holster Pistols With French Export Barrels And Locks, The Locks Signed Bte Dumarest, Marseille, Early 19th Century
With sighted barrels (some light pitting) each with sighting flat along the breech with drop-shaped finial, border engraved tangs grooved for sighting, signed border engraved rounded locks each with rainproof pan, foliate engraved cocks (one top jaw replaced), figured full stocks (one fore-end partly replaced on one side at the muzzle) inlaid with silver wire scrollwork (minor losses) and engraved silver foliage, mounts cast and chased with martial trophies and comprising side-plates, escutcheons, spurred pommels and trigger-guards, silver ramrod-pipes, and false ramrods each with long ivory tip (some wear overall) (2)
33 cm. barrels
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With sighted barrels (some light pitting) each with sighting flat along the breech with drop-shaped finial, border engraved tangs grooved for sighting, signed border engraved rounded locks each with rainproof pan, foliate engraved cocks (one top jaw replaced), figured full stocks (one fore-end partly replaced on one side at the muzzle) inlaid with silver wire scrollwork (minor losses) and engraved silver foliage, mounts cast and chased with martial trophies and comprising side-plates, escutcheons, spurred pommels and trigger-guards, silver ramrod-pipes, and false ramrods each with long ivory tip (some wear overall) (2)
33 cm. barrels
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