Turkish flintlock pistol nicely decorated

estcrh · 2nd February 2015, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Kubur

Here are two pistols which I can easily associate with the Balkans.

The second one is Greek.

Kuber, you may be right, but the owner (Met Museum) describes it thus>

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Flintlock Pistol
Date: 18th century
Culture: Balkan, lock and barrel European (probably French)
Medium: Steel, silver, gold
Dimensions: L. 20 1/2 in. (57.1 cm); L. of barrel 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm); L. of lock 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm); Cal. .65 in. (16.5 mm); Wt. 2 lbs 12 oz. (1304.1 g)
Classification: Firearms-Pistols-Flintlock
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1958
Accession Number: 58.56

but they have been wrong before or maybe they just lump all nearby countries together as "Balkan".

BANDOOK · 3rd February 2015, 07:57 AM

HERE IS MY TURKISH OTTOMON PISTOL AND A ALBANIAN MISQUELET RAT TAILED PISTOL,DURING OTTOMON RULE IN ALBANIA
REGARDS RAJESH

Kubur · 3rd February 2015, 08:24 AM

Kuber, you may be right, but the owner (Met Museum) describes it thus

Hi
Museums are always wrong, please, see previous posts!

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