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A GREEK KOMPOURA PISTOL

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:2,800.00 - 3,000.00 USD
A GREEK KOMPOURA 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...
An unusually fine example, likely Epirus work. The entire stock of silver, chiseled, embossed and engraved overall, in intricate baroque motifs involving flowering vinework and stands of arms. The miquelet lock with profiled borders. With octagonal barrel. Late 18th-early 19th century. Light wear. Overall length 51.7 cm.
Condition II