OTTOMAN TURKISH FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS, C.1800

22 3/4" total length. Mediterranean walnut full stock with dropped comb and circular section wrist terminating in a scroll. Stock inlaid throughout in scrolling brass inlay (one or two missing). Iron butt plate, trigger guard, lock and saddle bar. The barrel is of particularly exaggerated form, 3 1/4” diameter at the muzzle, with lapped seam to the underside. Breech boldly chiseled in stylized foliage. The center and muzzle in silver calligraphy, probably Thuluth. Good uniform character. A type now rarely seen on the market.