A pair of possibly Russian silver mounted flintlock pistols c 1740 made for or adapted for the Ottoman market. The butt caps with long spurs have grotesque masks, Pierced escutcheons, the butts inlaid with silver wire and -flowers, rounded locks inlaid with gold with a Greek temple with a cross, side plates of dragon type on the remains of red cloth, ca. 28,5 cm long round barrels inlaid with gold above the chambers, the stocks end in wood and by the muzzles a cappucine in the Ottoman manner decorated with flowers. The ramrods are replaced by wooden dummies held by two pipes in silver.
The iron dark and spotted. The stocks worn. One pistol not in working condition.
Collection of antique weapons, 13 January 2025
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