PAIR OF INTRICATELY DECORATED SILVER MOUNTED AND GOLD INLAID EASTERN EUROPEAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS.

Revised: 3/14/2013

Correction: Writing is not Cyrillic writing (AONTON) on the barrels and mechanisms is Greek writing (LONTON) for word LONDON. In Greek they use NT instead of ND. The first letter is an L not an A. Greek L is like a vice versa V.

PAIR OF INTRICATELY DECORATED SILVER MOUNTED AND GOLD INLAID EASTERN EUROPEAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS. SN NSN. Cal. 54. This spectacular pair of pistols with 11-1/4″ oct to rnd tapered bbls with wedding band transitions, have a considerable amount of inlaid gold decoration, mostly around breech areas, and wedding band transitions, consisting of acanthus devices with scroll finials, with wide bands fore and aft, and “AONTON” (cyrillic) inlaid in gold Cyrillic letters between other floral inlays. On top flat there are gold sunbursts around front sights and gold bands at muzzles. Upper left facets of bbls are stamped with crossed swords, crown and a star, that have been gold washed. Left sides are stamped with gold washed Arabic inscribed makers cartouche, which also appears on insides of lockplates. Beautifully filed flint locks with waterproof pans, and bridled roller frizzens, mount round bodied serpentine cocks with thin scrolled reinforce from breast to nose. Frizzen springs with roller have file decorations with scrolled extensions. Rounded lockplates with long rear finials, are nicely engraved with acanthus motifs. AONTON” (cyrillic) is engraved in front of cocks. Furniture including bulbous grip caps, pierced side plates, trigger guards with shell finials, and escutcheon plates at tops of grips, are of wrought silver, and have considerable punched-in and incised decoration. Dense fruitwood stocks extend to muzzles with engraved silver caps with non-removable ramrods, and are very intricately inlaid with scrolled silver wire and tack decoration. Wire scrolls terminate in a variety of floral, leaf, and clover highlights, with larger line engraved pierced silver decorations in front of trigger guard finials and behind bbl tangs. CONDITION: Excellent, with no repairs evident. Bbls and locks show light cleaning to bright polish, and traces of what appears to be orig brown on bbls. Stocks sound, except for small area on one pistol lifting along bbl channel. There are some minor losses of wire inlay but for the most part inlay is in extremely fine condition. 8-45217 MGM317 (10,000-15,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1530	$10,200.50	Revised: 3/14/2013 Correction: Writing is not Cyrillic writing (AONTON) on the barrels and mechanisms is Greek writing (LONTON) for word LONDON. In Greek they use NT instead of ND. The first letter is an L not an A. Greek L is like a vice versa V. PAIR OF INTRICATELY DECORATED SILVER MOUNTED AND GOLD INLAID EASTERN EUROPEAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS. SN NSN. Cal. 54. This spectacular pair of pistols with 11-1/4″ oct to rnd tapered bbls with wedding band transitions, have a considerable amount of inlaid gold decoration, mostly around breech areas, and wedding band transitions, consisting of acanthus devices with scroll finials, with wide bands fore and aft, and “AONTON” (cyrillic) inlaid in gold Cyrillic letters between other floral inlays. On top flat there are gold sunbursts around front sights and gold bands at muzzles. Upper left facets of bbls are stamped with crossed swords, crown and a star, that have been gold washed. Left sides are stamped with gold washed Arabic inscribed makers cartouche, which also appears on insides of lockplates. Beautifully filed flint locks with waterproof pans, and bridled roller frizzens, mount round bodied serpentine cocks with thin scrolled reinforce from breast to nose. Frizzen springs with roller have file decorations with scrolled extensions. Rounded lockplates with long rear finials, are nicely engraved with acanthus motifs. AONTON” (cyrillic) is engraved in front of cocks. Furniture including bulbous grip caps, pierced side plates, trigger guards with shell finials, and escutcheon plates at tops of grips, are of wrought silver, and have considerable punched-in and incised decoration. Dense fruitwood stocks extend to muzzles with engraved silver caps with non-removable ramrods, and are very intricately inlaid with scrolled silver wire and tack decoration. Wire scrolls terminate in a variety of floral, leaf, and clover highlights, with larger line engraved pierced silver decorations in front of trigger guard finials and behind bbl tangs. CONDITION: Excellent, with no repairs evident. Bbls and locks show light cleaning to bright polish, and traces of what appears to be orig brown on bbls. Stocks sound, except for small area on one pistol lifting along bbl channel. There are some minor losses of wire inlay but for the most part inlay is in extremely fine condition. 8-45217 MGM317 (10,000-15,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2013 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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