Very Fine Quality Silver Mounted Ottoman Flintlock Holster Pistol Made For Presentation Circa 1810

A Very Fine Quality Silver Mounted Ottoman Flintlock Holster Pistol Made For Presentation Circa 1810.

11 and 1/2 inch round barrel. The russet iron barrel encrusted with heavy silver leafy foliage and gadrooned decoration. Convex lock of very high quality with russet patination ensuite with the barrel.

Walnut fullstock entirely decorated in silver with flowers and pellets. Silver triggerguard cast and chased in relief with shells and chevrons. The owner’s name in Cyrillic (?). The heavy spurred buttcap cast and chased in high relief with dancing human figured amid a garden. Elaborate openwork silver sideplate cast and chased in relief with a seated figure staring at a trophy of arms and another pacing a crown on a lion. The heavy silver barrel band cast and chased in relief with a trophy of arms.

The visual effect of this extremely showy and elaborate presentation silver mounted flintlock pistol is striking. A pistol that will please the advanced collector of high art mid-Eastern pistols or any collector desiring a real showpiece for their collection.