From card: "Flintlock and barrel decorated with relief. Wooden stock and grip completely covered with gilded brass sheathing embossed with floral and symbols of warfare. Grip is ornately wrapped with steel (?) wire. Pommel has globular embossed sheath. Ref. same as 398,115 - fig. 647".
Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: 19th C. Pair of Ottoman Turkish flintlock pistols called kubur pistols. This style was also popular in Greece and may be of Grecian origin. The stocks are made of chased and repoussed gilded silver. The barrels are likely European trade barrels or locally made examples with chiseled fortes.
