OTTOMAN TURKISH FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS, C.1800

21 ½” length. Mediterranean walnut full stock with dropped comb and circular section wrist terminating in a scroll. Stock inlaid throughout in scrolling brass inlay, complete. Iron butt plate, trigger guard, lock and side plate. The barrel is of particularly exaggerated form, 2 3/4” 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 (some wear). Good uniform character. A type now rarely seen on the market.