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A fine miquelet lock blunderbuss pistol dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Balcani, Smoothbore, two-stage, iron barrel, with deep longitudinal grooves at the first part, then round, engraved with floral motifs and strongly bell-mouthed in a circular manner. Tang decorated with brass-inlays. Miquelet lock decorated en suite and provided with mark. Wooden full stock (old restorations) decorated with pierced white metal mounts on the butt, with walrus tusk-inlays and butt-plate with small brass rosettes, the butt decorated with turquoises and mother-of-pearl and horn plates. The counterplate with hook for a saddle ring. Pierced, engraved and nielloed silver barrel bracket ring. Rare.
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A fine miquelet lock blunderbuss pistol dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: Balcani, Smoothbore, two-stage, iron barrel, with deep longitudinal grooves at the first part, then round, engraved with floral motifs and strongly bell-mouthed in a circular manner. Tang decorated with brass-inlays. Miquelet lock decorated en suite and provided with mark. Wooden full stock (old restorations) decorated with pierced white metal mounts on the butt, with walrus tusk-inlays and butt-plate with small brass rosettes, the butt decorated with turquoises and mother-of-pearl and horn plates. The counterplate with hook for a saddle ring. Pierced, engraved and nielloed silver barrel bracket ring. Rare.
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