Description: EXCEPTIONAL TURKISH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL: 650 Cal; 11¾" round barrel with a slightly raised central rib, brass tear drop front sight engraved with foliate panels to rib & breech; gold maker's cartouche at the tang; banana shaped lock with foliage sections & fitted with a swan necked cock & semi-detached pan; ornate steel t/guard & furniture with applied silver decoration; v. ornate side plate with applied silver foliage; vg profiles, clear markings & engraving; polished finish to barrel, lock, fittings & furniture; vg carved full stock with grotesque masks behind barrel tang & front of t/guard, scrolls & foliage to forend; eared butt applied with silver foliage, the cap with raised silver rosettes; diamond shaped wrist escutcheon with a pink coral centre; all complete; gwo & vg cond. C.1760 N/L