AUCTION 50: ANTIQUE MILITARIA, FALL 2024

AN OTTOMAN (TURKISH) FLINTLOCK PISTOL, 19TH CENTURY

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $400 - $600

Buyer's premium:

An Ottoman/Turkish single-shot, smooth-bore flintlock pistol with brass mounting. Octagonal to round, pin-fastened, swamped, iron barrel with decorative inlay along the octagonal section. Retains its original scroll engraved, gooseneck hammer, and rounded-back frizzen. Wooden stock and brass plating display various decorative elements and the carved number "378" next to the lockplate (possibly a serial).

Bore: 19mm

Ottoman Empire/Turkey, 19th Century.

L: 15 3/4 in., (40 cm.)

Condition: Good overall. Expected age and wear throughout. The pin holding the barrel to the wooden stock is loose.