Brace Of C1800 Period Composite Balkan / Turkish Ottoman Empire 16 Bore Flintlock Pistols With Ornate Brass & Silver Inlaid Wire Decoration. Sn 21393:56 16 Bore/gauge Muzzleloader

Brace Of C1800 Period Composite Balkan / Turkish Ottoman Empire 16 Bore Flintlock Pistols With Ornate Brass & Silver Inlaid Wire Decoration. Sn 21393:56 - 21393:56

This is an attractive period composite pair of Balkan / Turkish Ottoman Empire 16 Bore Flintlock Pistols with some matching features. The pistols have obviously been put together in the period with contemporary alterations / additions to their brass fittings and decoration. They each have 11 ¾” long steel barrels with similar etched decoration near to the action. steel barrels. The barrels bores have staining & residue consistent with age and use. Their locks & cocks have similar foliate engraved decoration. The Walnut full stocks has polished horn fore end caps. The wood stocks have the knocks bumps and bruises to be expected of antique pistols of this age. The wood of each pistol stock has similar carved decoration and brass / silver wire inlaid decoration. They have similar ornate brass furniture including cudgel butts with hand tooled decoration. One pistol has ornate stock plate and trigger guard with extended tang and finial, the other’s stock plate has different foliate decoration and what looks like script letters (unknown language) and its trigger guard is plain. The top of each pistol wrist are mounted with un-matching escutcheons. Both pistols have short wood ram rods. Their actions work as they should. The price for this ornate, interesting pair of pistols includes UK delivery. NB As antique flintlock pistols no licence is required to own them in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21393:56

£975.00