26th Jun, 2024 11:00

Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 118
 

118

A PAIR OF 16 BORE BALKAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

with tapering sighted barrels each formed with a long flat, engraved in imitation of a signature and chiselled with foliage over the breeches, scroll-engraved strongly bevelled locks fitted with cocks and steels decorated en suite (one seized), hardwood full stocks carved with foliage ahead of the locks, side-plates and about the tangs, the latter also involving a flowerhead (small repairs, light wear), copper alloy mounts including engraved solid side-plates, spurred pommels engraved and cast with foliage and engraved trigger-guards decorated with flowers and brass-tipped wooden ramrods, one perhaps the original, 35.2 cm barrels (2)

Sold for £1,700


 

with tapering sighted barrels each formed with a long flat, engraved in imitation of a signature and chiselled with foliage over the breeches, scroll-engraved strongly bevelled locks fitted with cocks and steels decorated en suite (one seized), hardwood full stocks carved with foliage ahead of the locks, side-plates and about the tangs, the latter also involving a flowerhead (small repairs, light wear), copper alloy mounts including engraved solid side-plates, spurred pommels engraved and cast with foliage and engraved trigger-guards decorated with flowers and brass-tipped wooden ramrods, one perhaps the original, 35.2 cm barrels (2)

Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 26th Jun, 2024

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AUCTION DAY: 26TH JUNE 2024, AT 11:00am

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