Balkan Ottoman musket Boyliya with mother of pearl and mosaic inlay

Description

A good quality Ottoman Boyliya musket from the Western Balkans. The dark wooden stock inlaid with panels of mosaic and studwork, the breech region with mother of pearl shell, carved and inlaid with lac. The heavy steel barrel of damascus twist, chiselled and inlaid with silver. The butt ending with a slab of black horn . The miquelet flintlock mechanism heavily decorated with gold. 18th or early 19th century.   middle eastern

Additional information
Weight 8 kg

Balkan Ottoman musket Boyliya with mother of pearl and mosaic inlay

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