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.)
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.)
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