ID 932261
Lot 144 | A FINE PAIR OF FLINTLOCK SILVER-GILT HOLSTER PISTOLS (KUBUR)
Estimate value
£ 18 000 – 20 000
OTTOMAN BALKANS, 19TH CENTURY
The barrel with gold-damascened arabesques and a depiction of a man holding a sword, the engraved locks fitted with roller bearing frizzen springs, profusely decorated chased silver-git stocks, the trigger-guard and fore-end sleeves en suite, the trigger in the form of a figure, false ramrods, retaining almost all of gilt finish
Each 21 1/4in. (51cm.) long
Literature
Robert Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime's Passion, London, 2013, no. 645, p. 265
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
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| Auction house category: | Firearms |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
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| Auction house category: | Firearms |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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