Firearm
Hey Archer,
Nice looking firearm you have, pattern welded barrel, gold inlaid designs and a makers stamp on the barrel.
Not sure what technique of inlay was used for applying the goldwork. In general the Turkish technique was a triangular punch done in series creating a line that was inlaid with gold.
The Persian tended to use either a dot punch not overlaying the punch marks but also making a line where gold was inlaid. They also used a channel cut and inlay.
Both used a series of groove grooves cut where the body of a larger design was with a line defining the border.
Turkish designs tend to be more symetrical all the time.
My guess from looking at this photo is that your firearm has a Persian made barrel and I suspect the armours mark to be Farsi.
What is the shape of the stock?
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