LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BRESCIAN
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A 30-Bore Italian Roman-Lock Pistol
Late 18th Century, probably Brescian
With two-stage barrel inlaid with silver foliage, engraved tang, lightly engraved lock with stepped border, figured walnut full stock (butt broken) incised with scrollwork and inlaid with two small mother-of-pearl plaques behind the barrel tang, iron mounts chiselled with scrollwork in low relief, and later wooden ramrod
13in. (34.3cm.)
Late 18th Century, probably Brescian
With two-stage barrel inlaid with silver foliage, engraved tang, lightly engraved lock with stepped border, figured walnut full stock (butt broken) incised with scrollwork and inlaid with two small mother-of-pearl plaques behind the barrel tang, iron mounts chiselled with scrollwork in low relief, and later wooden ramrod
13in. (34.3cm.)