拍品專文
For information on the Guardiani family of Anghiarese gunmakers, see Nolfo di Carpegna, 'Notes on Central Italian Firearms of the Eighteenth Century', part II, J.A.A.S., vol. VIII, no. 1, pp. 2-3
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SIGNED GUARDIANI IN ANGHIARI, NO. 1319 AND NO. 1320, DATED 1808
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A PAIR OF 32-BORE SMALL TUSCO-EMILIAN SNAPHAUNCE PISTOLS
Signed Guardiani in Anghiari, No. 1319 and No. 1320, dated 1808
With swamped two-stage barrels each with gold-lined Pistoia mark (Neue Støckel 878) on the top of the octagonal breech, shaped tangs each secured by a bolt with chiselled head in the form of a putto-mask, rounded locks each signed, serial numbered, and dated on the inside, the cocks and steels retained by bolts with putto-mask heads (one cock repaired, the other expertly replaced), moulded figured walnut full stocks (one fore-end repaired) carved in relief with scrollwork and foliage, chiselled iron mounts including scroll side-plates, foliate triggers, and iron ramrods each with bulbous tip
9¾in. (24.7cm.) (2)
Signed Guardiani in Anghiari, No. 1319 and No. 1320, dated 1808
With swamped two-stage barrels each with gold-lined Pistoia mark (Neue Støckel 878) on the top of the octagonal breech, shaped tangs each secured by a bolt with chiselled head in the form of a putto-mask, rounded locks each signed, serial numbered, and dated on the inside, the cocks and steels retained by bolts with putto-mask heads (one cock repaired, the other expertly replaced), moulded figured walnut full stocks (one fore-end repaired) carved in relief with scrollwork and foliage, chiselled iron mounts including scroll side-plates, foliate triggers, and iron ramrods each with bulbous tip
9¾in. (24.7cm.) (2)