‡ A FINE GREEK DECORATED SILVER-GILT HOLSTER FOR... Lot 50

‡ A FINE GREEK DECORATED SILVER-GILT HOLSTER FOR A PAIR OF KUBUR PISTOLS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY the outer face covered with red velvet faced with a pierced and chased silver-gilt panel decorated with a symmetrical design of scrolling tendrils, flowers and foliage enclosing a central architectural panel 30.5 cm; 12 in Openwork designs of this type were popular on domestic items made in the Ionian Islands and are also encountered on firearms such as blunderbusses. See Elgood 2009, p. 174, no. 212.