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A CAUCASIAN PISTOL

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD
A CAUCASIAN PISTOL
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
Daghestan workmanship, with actively-grained hardwood stock, the spherical walrus butt with lanyard ring. Elaborately mounted in engraved and nielloed silver. With well-made miquelet lock and barrel chiseled at the breech. In its morocco leather holster decorated with Imperial Russian silver coins, each dated 1861. First half of the 19th century. Light wear, holster lacking suspension loop. Overall length 44.4 cm.
Condition II