Sale 9436
London, King Street-South Kensington Offsite sale
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18 July 2002
Price realised
GBP 2,629
Estimate
AN ITALIAN (NEAPOLITAN?) MIQUELET-LOCK TANDEM MECHANISM FOR A SUPERIMPOSED-LOAD GUN Dated 1764 With shaped plate chiselled with acanthus foliage in relief on the tail and with faint traces of signature along the bottom edge, the fences engraved and chiselled, the front one dated (some repairs and surface pitting, rear top jaw and screw replaced) 7¼in. (18.4cm.)
Provenance
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Literature
W. Keith Neal, Spanish Guns and Pistols, plate 86
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