Miquelet-Pistol of the Osmanic Empire

[Kubur]

Hi
The technic is silver filigree and a bit of engraving too.
I have to say that your pistol is one of the most beautiful of this type/model that I ever seen. Your collection is amazing.
I'm not jealous but anvious!

Kubur

[fernando]

Outstanding pistol; thanks for sharing, corrado.
Kubur, are you sure this is filigree ? Isn't filigree a delicate pierced work ... whereas what we see here is solid material ? I was going to suggest a repousee work, but i am not a reliable source .

[Kubur]

Originally Posted by fernando

Outstanding pistol; thanks for sharing, corrado.
Kubur, are you sure this is filigree ? Isn't filigree a delicate pierced work ... whereas what we see here is solid material ? I was going to suggest a repousee work, but i am not a reliable source .

Hi Amigo
Repousse gives something similar but here its plain silver done with little beads polished after. You have two kind of filigree with thin wires and with little beads.

[corrado26]

Originally Posted by Kubur

You have two kind of filigree with thin wires and with little beads.

You think that all these beads have been put one after the other particularly to the surface?
corrado26

[Oliver Pinchot]

The stock is cast in silver (modeled in wax,) in sections which are then soldered together. They are finished with filing, engraving and polishing. While the forearm may occasionally be embossed and engraved, this one looks to be entirely cast. Fine example. There is no filigree evident.

Like much else that has to do with metalworking, the terms which apply to embellishment are often used indiscriminately; these links provide some specific definitions:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engraving
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repouss%C3%A9_and_chasing

[Kubur]

Originally Posted by Oliver Pinchot

The stock is cast in silver (modeled in wax,) in sections which are then soldered together. They are finished with filing, engraving and polishing. While the forearm may occasionally be embossed and engraved,

For this part yes of course.

[Drabant1701]

That is a very nice pistol. Thanks for sharing!

[Kubur]

Originally Posted by Oliver Pinchot

There is no filigree evident.

Unfortunately, this filigree is very well polished.
But it is filigree.
Lot of people think that filigree is only metalwork with wires.
But not only...
All this part is silver added, filigree.

[Kubur]

This kind of filigree is more obvious and clear to understand.

[rickystl]

Hi Corrado.

That is a beautiful Balkan pistol!!! A an outstanding example of the style.
Some observations: The general lock "style" is the most common I've seen on these pistols, as well as many others. That this lock was so widely utilized is an indication of it's reliability. I can say from personal experience that the lock does in fact perform well. Yours, of course is decorated to match the rest of the gun.
The other thing that caught my eye is the trigger. The trigger is decorated in a similar fashion of Greek pistols. Though the Greeks seemed more fond of the triggers in human type forms.
My guess is the pistol was made for either Albanian or Montenegro tastes.
Do you have a close-up of the inlay in the center of the 8 stars on the barrel ? I'm wondering if it is a Crest ?

Again, a beautiful piece. Congratulations.

Rick

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Kubur

Hi Amigo
...You have two kind of filigree with thin wires and with little beads.

You may as well have both together, but neither are present in this pistol .
Meet my Portuguese filigree Cross of Christ... if you don't mind, corrado.


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