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Thursday 20 June 2024 e Friday 21 June 2024, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A pair of pistols by Minelli, converted to percussion

Estimate

€ 300 - 600

Sold

€ 750

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Brescia
length 30.5 cm.
Smoothbore, two-stage, 14 mm cal. barrels, at the first part octagonal featuring the mark "iDM" brass-inlaid under two marks shaped as a half-moon, two rings at the girdle, then round. Lock converted to percussion signed "MINELLI". Wooden full stock with beautiful brass mounts partially engraved and pierced, the counterplates decorated with dragons' heads and floral motifs in low relief. Working mechanism. One of the two ramrods is incomplete.