A PAIR OF 18 BORE OTTOMAN BALKAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK KUBUR PISTOLS, 18TH CENTURY with tapering barrels chiselled with a vertical arrangement of standing and mounted figures, retained by broad silver muzzle bands chased with flowers and scrollwork within beadwork frames, chiselled tangs and rounded locks en suite with the barrels (one steel cracked), full stocks (small cracks and chips), moulded over the fore-ends, carved with foliate mouldings beneath the barrels, about the tangs and the locks, and a notched pattern on the left of the breeches, full silver mounts cast and chased in low relief with foliage and delicate scrolling tendrils, comprising sideplates, spurred pommels, trigger-guards and escutcheons, and chased spiralling imitation ramrods 36 cm; 14 1/4 in barrels (2) The chiselled decoration on the barrels and locks is typical of Ulcinj, Montenegro. See Elgood 2009, p. 193.
A PAIR OF 18 BORE OTTOMAN BALKAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK KUBUR PISTOLS, 18TH CENTURY with tapering barrels chiselled with a vertical arrangement of standing and mounted figures, retained by broad silver muzzle bands chased with flowers and scrollwork within beadwork frames, chiselled tangs and rounded locks en suite with the barrels (one steel cracked), full stocks (small cracks and chips), moulded over the fore-ends, carved with foliate mouldings beneath the barrels, about the tangs and the locks, and a notched pattern on the left of the breeches, full silver mounts cast and chased in low relief with foliage and delicate scrolling tendrils, comprising sideplates, spurred pommels, trigger-guards and escutcheons, and chased spiralling imitation ramrods 36 cm; 14 1/4 in barrels (2) The chiselled decoration on the barrels and locks is typical of Ulcinj, Montenegro. See Elgood 2009, p. 193.
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