Pistols with snakes

corrado26 · 28th April 2020, 03:42 PM

No, this is actually blue and I thing a trace of silver oxidation.

rickystl · 28th April 2020, 09:14 PM

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

Forja Fontenla · 7th October 2020, 04:16 PM

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?

alex8765 · 8th October 2020, 02:09 PM

Looks like Greek alphabet to me.

8th October 2020, 02:09 PM	#4
alex8765 Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: NYC Posts: 63	Looks like Greek alphabet to me. Attached Images

28th April 2020, 03:42 PM	#1
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,226	No, this is actually blue and I thing a trace of silver oxidation.

28th April 2020, 09:14 PM	#2
rickystl Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: St. Louis, MO area. Posts: 1,630	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

7th October 2020, 04:16 PM	#3
Forja Fontenla Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 13	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?