A remarkable silver mounted flintlock pistol in Roka style dating: late 18th Century provenance: Greece, Smoothbore, two-stage, 16 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part then round, base provided with two marks including one 'DP' under crown, then with brass decorations. Tang covered with a silver hilt engraved with floral motifs (crack). Blackened flintlock with round lock plate. Silver full stock with rich low-relief decoration depicting trophies, shells, floral and geometric motifs. Long and narrow pommel with large button, trigger guard and barrel bracket decorated en suite, trigger with a stylised and pierced figure, roped fake ramrod. Remains of gilding. A very elegant pistol from Epirus.See similar pistols in 'Arsenal of Tsarskoye Selo - One Hundred Subjects From the Collection of the Russian Emperors', p. 53, the decoration of our pistol seems to be of even finer quality.Two other very similar pistols were sold in our auction No. 25, (14/05/2009 lot 674 and 675). length 60 cm.