18 ½” length in the longer 18ht century taste.11 7/8” octagonal/round barrel with maker’s name and cursive London. Early rounded lock with swan neck cock, engraved, and with spurious maker’s name. Walnut full stock made with no provision for a ramrod as is correct. White metal furniture detailed in foliate motifs. Frosty gray patina to the lock and barrel with some pitting towards the muzzle. All detail preserved. The wood well preserved for the period and type. A good example of an Ottoman horseman’s pistol, probably made in the Balkans.
