Albanian pistols

[serdar]

Originally Posted by corrado26

This is what I wanted to know, many thanks for this help! Finally I know how this silver surface has been made.
The pair of pistols is not mine, I own another one

Corado, BEAUTIFUL!

That piece is magnificent!
It is made in boka kotorska same silverwork but that is made for Greece order, that trigger is caracteristic forr greek market, also decoration.
Boka kotorska silversmiths worked for everyone who paid, they were great merchants and silversmiths, worked both for ottomans and christians.

My ancestors are from Montenegro, and Boka are is their garden, so lots of my collection is from there, gathered over from 15 century till 19 century from all turkish armies defeated in Montenegro, and from sales in boka, but i dont have one like that in my collection, im glad that you posted it!
It is amazing, beautiful, and very rare and valuable piece!
😃👍🏻

[gp]

Originally Posted by serdar

My ancestors are from Montenegro, and Boka are is their garden

by the way...the Bay of Kotor, Boka Kotorska is only very recent part of Montenegro when talking history; just after WW I it changed hands.... and actually after 1945 to Montenegro
it used to be South Dalmatia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Kotor
FYI: I do not come from there, nor do my ancestors but I spend a lot of time in the Boka with my friends from Risan and Dobrota in the mid to end 80ies...studying also its history and did visit their musuems , also in Montenegro itself ; Cetinje ☺

[serdar]

Originally Posted by gp

by the way...the Bay of Kotor, Boka Kotorska is only very recent part of Montenegro when talking history; just after WW I it changed hands.... and actually after 1945 to Montenegro
it used to be South Dalmatia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Kotor
FYI: I do not come from there, nor do my ancestors but I spend a lot of time their in the mid to end 80ies...studying also its history and did visit their musuems , also in Montenegro itself ; Cetinje ☺

Boka kotorska or bay of Cattaro is Montenegrin in 10 century then it was called Duklja, principaliti of Duklja till 10 to 12 century, then serbs under Nemanjic family ocupied land, after that it was under Venetia, in 1813 Napoleons army was defeate by Montenegrins under comand of Petar Petrović 1 saint Peter of Cetinje, and then it was taken back into Montenegrin hands, where remained until serbian ocupation of montenegro 1918 and kingdom of yugoslavia.

People in Boka Kotorska ( my origins are from boka kkotorska my first ancestor was recorded on chapel in Škaljari in Kotor in 1375.) But im not false like todays bokeljans who say boka is dalmatia, no, boka is and will be Montenegro.

Pozdrav. 😃👍🏻

[serdar]

Wikipedia for source?
Realy? You do know that anyone can write that.

[serdar]

Originally Posted by gp

by the way...the Bay of Kotor, Boka Kotorska is only very recent part of Montenegro when talking history; just after WW I it changed hands.... and actually after 1945 to Montenegro
it used to be South Dalmatia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Kotor
FYI: I do not come from there, nor do my ancestors but I spend a lot of time in the Boka with my friends from Risan and Dobrota in the mid to end 80ies...studying also its history and did visit their musuems , also in Montenegro itself ; Cetinje ☺

Look at the map of duklja kotor je u sredini.