A 16-BORE FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK PISTOL FOR THE TURKISH MARKET BY BERTHON-BOURLIER ET FILS AINé, ST. ETIENNE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY WITH TWO-STAGE BARREL GOLD-DAMASCENED WITH PANELS OF FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE AND A GILT SUNBURST AROUND THE SILVER FORE-SIGHT, THE BREECH CHISELLED IN HIGH RELIEF WITH A TURKISH MARTIAL TROPHY AGAINST A PUNCHED AND GILT GROUND, GROOVED GILT TANG, SIGNED ROUNDED LOCK WITH CHISELLED AND GILT COCK, AND WITH WATER DRAINS AND ROLLER, MOULDED WALNUT FULL STOCK INLAID WITH SILVER WIRE SCROLLS, SILVER MOUNTS CAST AND CHASED IN HIGH RELIEF AGAINST A PUNCHED GROUND, AND LATER RAMROD AND ESCUTCHEON, FRENCH PROVINCIAL HALLMARKS, MAKER'S MARK CC 20½IN. (52.1CM.)
A 16-BORE FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK PISTOL FOR THE TURKISH MARKET BY BERTHON-BOURLIER ET FILS AINé, ST. ETIENNE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY WITH TWO-STAGE BARREL GOLD-DAMASCENED WITH PANELS OF FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE AND A GILT SUNBURST AROUND THE SILVER FORE-SIGHT, THE BREECH CHISELLED IN HIGH RELIEF WITH A TURKISH MARTIAL TROPHY AGAINST A PUNCHED AND GILT GROUND, GROOVED GILT TANG, SIGNED ROUNDED LOCK WITH CHISELLED AND GILT COCK, AND WITH WATER DRAINS AND ROLLER, MOULDED WALNUT FULL STOCK INLAID WITH SILVER WIRE SCROLLS, SILVER MOUNTS CAST AND CHASED IN HIGH RELIEF AGAINST A PUNCHED GROUND, AND LATER RAMROD AND ESCUTCHEON, FRENCH PROVINCIAL HALLMARKS, MAKER'S MARK CC 20½IN. (52.1CM.)
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