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AN OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK PISTOL

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
AN OTTOMAN FLINTLOCK 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...
The hardwood stock with silver wire inlay and a finely-filigreed silver escutcheon and tang plate, nielloed and set with coral. With brass mounts and well-made flintlock mechanism, the barrel engraved and inlaid in silver at the breech. First quarter of the 19th century. Wear throughout. Overall length 43.4 cm.
Condition III