Miquelet Pistol

Unknown

dated A.H. 1263/1846–47 CE · Steel, silver, niello, leather, ivory, gold · Arms and Armor

The barrel is signed in both Russian and Arabic, suggesting that the pistol was made in Tbilisi in Georgia or Circassia, which were then under Russian control. Kubachi, the other major armsmaking center in the Caucasus, did not fall under Russian domination until the 1860s.

Artist

Unknown

Date

dated A.H. 1263/1846–47 CE

Medium

Steel, silver, niello, leather, ivory, gold

Culture

Caucasian, possibly Georgia or Circassia

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935