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28th April 2020, 03:36 PM
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Ho Corado
Something I just noticed. Your original photos above, the 6th down from the top showing one of the metal butt caps. Is that a trace of blue color mixed in with the silver plating ? Or is that just due to the photography ? Rick |
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28th April 2020, 03:42 PM
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No, this is actually blue and I thing a trace of silver oxidation.
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28th April 2020, 09:14 PM
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OK. That makes sense. I was thinking that the silver might have been what they call black/blue niello work at one time. But there is no real trace of that.
Thanks. Rick |
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7th October 2020, 04:16 PM
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Beautiful pieces!
They have many things to be Balkan, from the Bosnian region, where such french type flintlock mechanism are most frequently seen. Inscriptions pretending to be European are very common on pistols from the Balkan Peninsula. The flintlock is possibly made in Italian or Spanish, built for the Ottoman market, its the same with the barrel Have you disarmed it? |
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8th October 2020, 02:09 PM
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Looks like Greek alphabet to me.
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