A SILVER-INLAID FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS Ottoman Turkey
A SILVER-INLAID FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
With belled iron barrel inlaid with silver arabesques, foliage and vegetal motifs, walnut full stock, the sides of the stock embellished with cross-hatched motif, the butt engraved with fine vegetal tendrils and cross-hatched motif and inlaid in silver with palmettes and arabesques, the sideplate to the flintlock mechanism marked with an undeciphered inscription 'HVAINI' (?), 58.2cm long.
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A SILVER-INLAID FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
With belled iron barrel inlaid with silver arabesques, foliage and vegetal motifs, walnut full stock, the sides of the stock embellished with cross-hatched motif, the butt engraved with fine vegetal tendrils and cross-hatched motif and inlaid in silver with palmettes and arabesques, the sideplate to the flintlock mechanism marked with an undeciphered inscription 'HVAINI' (?), 58.2cm long.
