A silver-mounted miquelet flintlock pistol, Georgia, circa round barrel with six groove rifling in 12 mm calibre and a cannon muzzle. Iron miquelet lock with a brass-filled maker's mark. Shagreen leather covered wooden stock and pommel. Niello silver furniture stamped with "84" zlotniki and "". There is a Cyrillic niello inscription, "Marey Tschuruja" on the bottom of the pommel. Length 48 Yurij A. Miller. Caucasian Arms from the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Danish Arms and Armour Society 2000. no. 61, for a pistol with similar decor,

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