Lot Essay
Piccino Frusca is recorded in Brescia from circa 1690 to 1740.
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BY PICIN. FRUSCA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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AN ITALIAN 32-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL
BY PICIN. FRUSCA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With shortened tapering barrel with sighting flats, one with indistinct signature, engraved iron tang, signed rounded lock, moulded walnut full stock, chiselled iron mounts including pierced foliate side-plate with a roundel decorated with a classical bust, pierced crowned iron escutcheon, and later wooden ramrod (iron parts with some surface corrosion marking throughout, some cracks to stock)
8¾in. (22.4cm.) barrel
BY PICIN. FRUSCA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With shortened tapering barrel with sighting flats, one with indistinct signature, engraved iron tang, signed rounded lock, moulded walnut full stock, chiselled iron mounts including pierced foliate side-plate with a roundel decorated with a classical bust, pierced crowned iron escutcheon, and later wooden ramrod (iron parts with some surface corrosion marking throughout, some cracks to stock)
8¾in. (22.4cm.) barrel