Vermeil Flintlock Pistol, known as KUBUR, Ottoman Art
Balkan, around 1830
Steel, vermeil
L. Total: 53 - L. barrel: 32.2cm - Cal. : 15mm

Barrel with sides then round, held to the mount by a richly decorated vermeil nasturtium.
Quality European plate, finely engraved with interlacing and foliage; gooseneck dog and bassinet cover decorated en suite.
Vermeil frame engraved, nielloed and enhanced with a half-round bump decoration. Counter plate applied, entirely chiseled with high reliefs.
The vermeil trigger guard is decorated en suite.
The gadrooned cap is underlined with a watermark. Crown button in flower.
Vermeil wand.

Good state of preservation.

Ref. : 2779

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