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A PAIR OF COMPOSITE MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOLS IN THE BRESCIAN MANNER

THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF COMPOSITE MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOLS IN THE BRESCIAN MANNER
THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
With two-stage barrels, one earlier and stamped 'Lazarino Cominazzo' (the other replaced and coarsely inscribed to match), engraved locks, possibly Neapolitan, walnut full stocks cut with fluted mouldings, inset with earlier iron plaques chiselled in relief with scrolling patterns of flowers inhabited by monsters and grotesques, iron mounts en suite, and one with original ramrod
17½in. (44.5cm) (2)
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The locks compare closely with a double lock signed 'Hoc Factum Francisco Franco' and dated 1764. See D. R. Baxter, Superimposed Load Firearms 1360-1860, 1966, p.119. The lock sold Christie's, 18 July 2002, lot 145.