A 14 BORE OTTOMAN BALKAN MIQUELET-LOCK MUSKET, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with sighted barrel chiselled o

A 14 BORE OTTOMAN BALKAN MIQUELET-LOCK MUSKET, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with sighted barrel chiselled over the breech and retained by three repoussé silver bands, the lock overlaid with panels of engraved silver and set with red hardstones, wooden full stock inlaid over the fore-end and behind the tang with numerous small panels of mother-of-pearl in a trellis pattern divided by twisted brass wire, a plaque of bone beneath the lock, faceted butt decorated with designs of mother-of-pearl flowers enriched with brass and silver nails, repoussé silver fore-end cap en suite with the barrel bands, one sling swivel (the other missing, areas of wear and small losses) and steel ramrod 93.2cm; 36 3/4in barrel