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LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF CENTRAL ITALIAN 18-BORE MIQUELET-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
With 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) two-stage octagonal to polygonal barrels with chiselled foliate bands, the fluted breech-sections with silver-inlaid foliage, engraved locks, moulded full stocks, brass mounts decorated with foliage and heightened with silver Classical portrait busts to each pommel and side-plate, and later horn-tipped ramrods
LATE 18TH CENTURY
With 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) two-stage octagonal to polygonal barrels with chiselled foliate bands, the fluted breech-sections with silver-inlaid foliage, engraved locks, moulded full stocks, brass mounts decorated with foliage and heightened with silver Classical portrait busts to each pommel and side-plate, and later horn-tipped ramrods
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