#hermitage
Two very lavishly made and decorated guns made in Trabzon in the Ottoman Empire.
Former: Late 18th-first half of the 19th century. Total length: 140,7 cm; barrel length: 108,6 cm; calibre: 13,0 mm
Materials: Steel, silver, copper, wood, corals, fabric.
Techniques: Forged, carved, chased, gilded, blued, inlaid.
Latter: Early 19th century. Total length 82,2 cm; barrel length 53,2 cm; calibre 14 mm; ramrod length 58 cm
Materials: Steel, wood, silver, corals
Techniques: Forging, carving, chasing, engraving, cast, gilding, nielloing, damascened with gold.
Both housed in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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