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Given to the late owner by his father in Rome circa 1923. The first pistol he ever owned
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AN ITALIAN ROMAN-LOCK POCKET PISTOL
CIRCA 1730-40
With tapering brass barrel turned at the breech and with a raised narrow sighting rib, brass-inlaid tang, flat bevelled lock with chiselled details and engraved with scrollwork on the tail, lightly carved figured full stock, brass mounts deeply engraved with acanthus foliage on a matted ground including escutcheon with coronet above, and original brass-tipped ramrod
9¼in. (23.4cm.)
CIRCA 1730-40
With tapering brass barrel turned at the breech and with a raised narrow sighting rib, brass-inlaid tang, flat bevelled lock with chiselled details and engraved with scrollwork on the tail, lightly carved figured full stock, brass mounts deeply engraved with acanthus foliage on a matted ground including escutcheon with coronet above, and original brass-tipped ramrod
9¼in. (23.4cm.)