Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A BALKAN SILVER-MOUNTED MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOL,
LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
with tapering barrel retained by a broad repousée silver
band at the muzzle, flat lock of characteristic form, wooden
full stock entirely covered in silver decorated with repousée
scrolling foliage and flowers, including ‘rat’s tail’ pommel,
silver trigger-guard en suite, and with imitation ramrod;
and A TURKISH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, 19TH
CENTURY, with swamped barrel decorated with gold
flowers and foliage, bevelled lock decorated en suite,
figured hardwood full stock profusely inlaid with silver wire
and pellets, steel side-plate and trigger-guard enriched with
silver koftgari, and spurred white metal pommel cast and
chased with flowers and trophies-of-arms (losses, later
ramrod)
the first: 54.5cm; 21I in
(2)
£800-1000
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A TURKISH FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL, LATE
18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
with flared barrel retaining traces of silver decoration, the
tang overlaid with an engraved copper plaque, large
engraved lock, figured hardwood full stock profusely
studded over its entire surface with silver nails arranged in
chevron patterns, and brass mounts including side-plate
and slender butt-cap (trigger-guard and ramrod missing); A
TURKISH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, 19TH CENTURY,
with three-stage barrel stamped with a faux Italian
inscription and fluted over the breech, engraved lock with
slender, figured hardwood full stock profusely inlaid with
silver wire over its surface, steel mounts including pierced
chiselled side-plate, spurred pommel and trigger-guard
each incorporating a grotesque mask, and imitation brass
ramrod; and AN ADRIATIC FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL,
LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY, with long barrel chiselled with
foliage over the breech, curved rounded lock, figured
walnut half-stock, and chiselled steel mounts (worn
throughout)
the first: 43.8cm; 17D in
(3)
£700-900
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