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LAST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF CENTRAL ITALIAN 20-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS
LAST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
With two-stage sighted barrels each with turned girdle, the octagonal breech-sections each with brass-inlaid scrollwork, engraved brass-covered tangs, flat locks each engraved with scrollwork inhabited by rabbits and hounds, moulded figured walnut full stocks, brass mounts including pierced side-plates each engraved with a vignette of a classical warrior and cast and chased spurred pommels, horn fore-end caps, and later horn-tipped ramrods (one fore-end repaired)
9½in. (24cm.) barrels (2)
LAST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
With two-stage sighted barrels each with turned girdle, the octagonal breech-sections each with brass-inlaid scrollwork, engraved brass-covered tangs, flat locks each engraved with scrollwork inhabited by rabbits and hounds, moulded figured walnut full stocks, brass mounts including pierced side-plates each engraved with a vignette of a classical warrior and cast and chased spurred pommels, horn fore-end caps, and later horn-tipped ramrods (one fore-end repaired)
9½in. (24cm.) barrels (2)