THE BARRELS SIGNED B. CALTRANI, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY

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A Pair Of 22-Bore Central Italian Roman-Lock Holster Pistols
The barrels signed B. Caltrani, second quarter of the 18th Century
With tapering barrels each with an applied turned brass ring at the muzzle, signed on an inlaid brass panel, and engraved with foliage and a flower-head enclosing an inset brass portrait medallion on the breech, the rear with inlaid brass bands, engraved tangs, plain flat locks with moulded border, figured moulded rootwood full stocks (some cracks, bruising and repairs), shaped brass mounts engraved with foliage and scrollwork on a dotted ground including spurred pommels, and elaborate escutcheons (one incomplete) extending up the barrel tang, turned faceted brass ramrod-pipes, and brass-tipped ramrods, probably original
20in. (50.8cm.) (2)

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

For the barrelsmith or merchant Bertolameo Caltrani whose name appears on barrels of the late 17th and 18th Century, and who is known to have supplied barrels to central Italy, see Nolfo di Carpegna, Brescian Firearms, p. 159

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