BY P. CELMINI, FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
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AN ITALIAN 50-BORE FLINTLOCK PISTOL
BY P. CELMINI, FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
WITH TWO-STAGE BARREL TURNED AT THE GIRDLE AND ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE ON THE OCTAGONAL BREECH, SIGNED FLAT BEVELLED LOCK (SOME PITTING), MOULDED WALNUT FULL STOCK INLAID WITH BRASS PANELS PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE AND GROTESQUES AT THE BARREL TANG AND ON EACH SIDE OF THE BUTT, BRASS MOUNTS COMPRISING TRIGGER-GUARD WITH FOLIATE FINIAL, SIDE-PLATE PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE, AND DOMED POMMEL ENGRAVED WITH A FLOWER-HEAD, TURNED RAMROD-PIPES, AND ORIGINAL RAMROD WITH TURNED BRASS TIP
9IN. (22.8CM.)
BY P. CELMINI, FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
WITH TWO-STAGE BARREL TURNED AT THE GIRDLE AND ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE ON THE OCTAGONAL BREECH, SIGNED FLAT BEVELLED LOCK (SOME PITTING), MOULDED WALNUT FULL STOCK INLAID WITH BRASS PANELS PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE AND GROTESQUES AT THE BARREL TANG AND ON EACH SIDE OF THE BUTT, BRASS MOUNTS COMPRISING TRIGGER-GUARD WITH FOLIATE FINIAL, SIDE-PLATE PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE, AND DOMED POMMEL ENGRAVED WITH A FLOWER-HEAD, TURNED RAMROD-PIPES, AND ORIGINAL RAMROD WITH TURNED BRASS TIP
9IN. (22.8CM.)