Sale 1055
Paris
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21 June 2011
Price realised
EUR 8,750
Estimate
PAIRE DE PISTOLETS DE CEINTURE A LA MIQUELET ESPAGNOLS PAR ANTONIO BAEZA Y BIS, MADRID 1735 le canon à registre ciselé d'une bande de feuillage, la culasse incisée de volutes dorées et portant le poiçon de Francesco Bis., le verrouillage gravé" Fran Bis MS 1735", les crosses en noyer augmenté de baguettes en cornes Longeur: 34 cm. (13½ in.) (2)
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