TURKISH FLINTLOCK PISTOL
Turkish pistol from the first half of the 19th century, muzzle-loading, with a hexagonal barrel attached to the stock near the muzzle by a silver clamp with chiseled vegetal decoration and gold inlaid inscription. The weapon features a wooden stock decorated with vegetal motifs inlaid with silver wire, lozenge-shaped plates of the same metal, a classic flintlock mechanism with a "swan neck" type hammer, brass and silver fittings, a decorated butt plate, mechanical problems in the lock, small losses, and a non-original trigger guard and counter-plate, with overall length measurements of 42 cm, barrel length of 26.3 cm, and caliber of 15 mm.
Turkish pistol from the first half of the 19th century, muzzle-loading, with a hexagonal barrel attached to the stock near the muzzle by a silver clamp with chiseled vegetal decoration and gold inlaid inscription. The weapon features a wooden stock decorated with vegetal motifs inlaid with silver wire, lozenge-shaped plates of the same metal, a classic flintlock mechanism with a "swan neck" type hammer, brass and silver fittings, a decorated butt plate, mechanical problems in the lock, small losses, and a non-original trigger guard and counter-plate, with overall length measurements of 42 cm, barrel length of 26.3 cm, and caliber of 15 mm.
