Featured Need help dating antique Flintlock Pistol

I just picked up this very fancy old flintlock pistol. It just love it, very fancy inlay work. Anyone have an idea of the age or country of origin???

 

It also came with odd cast brass powder horn.

 

To ME, I thought it had somewhat of a "Spanish" vibe....very cool!! And then I came across this link, which you might have already seen, or know......it could be in the 1700's, but I'm NO EXPERT on them!!!!

https://sportsmansvintagepress.com/...revolver-table-contents/the-flintlock-pistol/​

 

Might be one of a dueling set...probably not meant to be used in combat...bwdik. Nice...NICE!

 

The only guess I can manage is that with all the MOP it might be Middle-Eastern/ Ottoman in origin ? But that's just a shot in the dirk !

 

https://www.hundredandoneantiquesga...turkish-ottoman-flintlock-pistol-18th-century

 

this guy says Japanese..... not likely...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3171170584...vg80NNzdWfJ9gg4LSfb+zQDZzamL+4iOMrED2QxqLmRk=

others say brass or bronze Ottoman..... more likely..



these guys say 19th.... nothing else..


I'm of the mind that it's a repro.... which casts doubt on the gun itself..... but that's a lot of nice work on the gun..... so I'm not going to write it off just yet... needs more research.

 

https://www.icollector.com/Mideast-...stock-with-earlier-silver-inlaid-ba_i19847661

I don't know enuf about these to be certain........ but I get the feeling the gun may be at least 19th century mfg...

 

We need more gun nuts here.....

 

Nice find! I don’t anything about antique guns. But that’s a great looking piece with beautiful detail .. I hope we learn more

 

Beautiful pistol, and another vote for Ottoman empire, possibly 19th century.
MOP inlay was done a lot on Afghan firearms as well, but the style of the silver looks more Turkish.
The silver needs a good polish, but right now iooks like it is silver and niello, which was a specialty of Bursa, not far from Istanbul. If it still looks like niello when it is clean, Bursa could be a place to look into.

I agree, the powder flask look like the brass repros we used to get from Turkey and Greece in the 1960s and 70s.
The flask and the pistol were probably just thrown together to make it look complete. There is a huge difference in quality, so no way the original owner of the pistol ever used such a roughly cast brass flask.