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18TH CENTURY
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A CENTRAL ITALIAN 20-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL
18TH CENTURY
With tapering barrel with full length sighting flat, rounded lock with moulded border, signed 'PTRO MANA' and with foliate engraved cock-retaining screw, moulded figured walnut full stock (cracked and repaired around lock and on the butt), gilt-brass mounts including spurred pommel with lion-mask cap, pierced scrollwork side-plate with a grotesque mask, and trigger-guard with fleur-de-lys finial, faceted ramrod pipes, pierced foliate escutcheon with a crown above, and later horn-tipped ramrod (minor chip to top edge of steel)
14¼in. (36.2cm.) barrel
18TH CENTURY
With tapering barrel with full length sighting flat, rounded lock with moulded border, signed 'PTRO MANA' and with foliate engraved cock-retaining screw, moulded figured walnut full stock (cracked and repaired around lock and on the butt), gilt-brass mounts including spurred pommel with lion-mask cap, pierced scrollwork side-plate with a grotesque mask, and trigger-guard with fleur-de-lys finial, faceted ramrod pipes, pierced foliate escutcheon with a crown above, and later horn-tipped ramrod (minor chip to top edge of steel)
14¼in. (36.2cm.) barrel
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