A BALKAN 18-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A BALKAN 18-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL EARLY 19TH CENTURY With slightly swamped barrel chiselled with a chevron pattern at the breech retaining traces of gilding, rounded lock chiselled with scrollwork, highly figured Circassian walnut moulded three-quarter stock decorated in relief with scrolls and foliage, the wrist set with a carved bone classical female portrait bust, spurred iron pommel, brass mounts, and later brass-tipped ramrod (some defects throughout) 14 7/8in. (37.8cm.) barrel
A BALKAN 18-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A BALKAN 18-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL EARLY 19TH CENTURY With slightly swamped barrel chiselled with a chevron pattern at the breech retaining traces of gilding, rounded lock chiselled with scrollwork, highly figured Circassian walnut moulded three-quarter stock decorated in relief with scrolls and foliage, the wrist set with a carved bone classical female portrait bust, spurred iron pommel, brass mounts, and later brass-tipped ramrod (some defects throughout) 14 7/8in. (37.8cm.) barrel
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