Pair of Pistols
ca. 1740 (made)
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Matched pair of flintlock pistols with silver engraved mounts
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Steel with silver decoration |
| Brief description | Matched pair of flintlock pistols, with silver engraved mounts and inlaid wire on the stocks, the barrels inscribed 'LAZARI COMINAZ', Turkish, ca.1740 |
| Physical description | Matched pair of flintlock pistols with silver engraved mounts |
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| Production | Attributed by A. North to Turkey c. 1740. North relates that Turkish gun-barrel makers frequently engraved the name of the prestigious northern Italian gun-barrel making family, Cominazzo, on their own work. See References. |
| Bibliographic reference | Anthony North, An Introduction to Islamic Arms (London: HMSO 1985): pl. 7a; p.13. |
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| Accession number | M.460&A-1910 |
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| Record created | September 23, 2002 |
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