Product Details
A 22-BORE MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOL WITH GOLD KOFTGARI-WORK AND WHITE-METAL NIELLOED MOUNTS, UNSIGNED, no visible serial number,
of typical form from the Caucasus circa 1800, with finely watered 12 1/2in. barrel slightly flared at the muzzle and with shallow moulded sighting ridge and band at breech, gold band and arabesque scrolls surrounding a deeply struck makers mark at breech, similar gold koftgari arabesque scrolls and a further band at muzzle, small miquelet lock also fully decorated with gold koftgari decoration to the bridge, hammer, mainspring and frizzen, black stippled leather-covered full-stock with gold koftgari decorated back-strap bordered with broad white metal niello decorated borders, typical white metal ball pommel with niello bands and arabesque scroll decoration, central niello decorated lanyard ring, nielloed complex shaped trigger-plate with exposed gold koftgari decorated ball trigger (at fault) and two broad embossed and nielloed barrel-bands
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Estimate £1,000-2,000