Original Ottoman Flintlock Blunderbuss "Pirate" Pistol named to Privateer Robert Surcouf with Wire Inlaid Stock c. 1800 Japanese Guns & Ordnance marked with a double oval

marked with a double oval containing the town name in the center" per J

It measures 29 1/2" in overall length

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Overall Length: 7 1/4 inches

Year of Manufacture: circa 1854-50

Original Ottoman Flintlock Blunderbuss "Pirate" Pistol named to Privateer Robert Surcouf with Wire Inlaid Stock c. 1800 Japanese Guns & Ordnance marked with a double ovalOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Here we have a lovely Ottoman "Pirate Style" flintlock blunderbuss pistol, very much of the type used by late 18th and early 19th century pirates in the Mediterranean Sea area. Styled like a very short rifle, it features a very compact stock profusely inlaid with silver wire. The mounts of trigger guard, side plate and butt plate are all of iron as is the short wide mouthed iron barrel, which has some engraved and