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

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A pair of target percussion pistols by Castiglioni & Grasset

Estimate

€ 900 - 1.300

Sold

€ 2.000

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Brescia
length 34 cm.
Micro-rifled, octagonal, 14 mm cal. barrels, signed in gold "C. G. Brescia", the base with "CG" mark and gold decorations, nozzle with foresight and gold decorations; tangs with rear sight and engraved with a bird and floral motifs; forward spring locks signed "Castiglioni and Grasset" and "In Brescia", engraved with birds and floral and geometrical motifs. Wooden, full stocks with checkered butts and octagonal butt-plates. Steel mounts with beautiful engravings with animals, houses, and floral motifs. Trigger guards with finger support, triggers with set trigger. Brass-tipped wooden ramrods (one missing disk) and iron cartridge extractors.