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€ 200 - 300
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€ 1.688
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Anghiari
length 29,3 cm.
Smoothbore, two-stage, 11 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part, with longitudinal ribs, rings at the girdle and then round. Tang with remains of floral engraving. Flintlock. Slightly round lock plate with mask in relief at the tang and other masks at the screw of the cock and the batterie, small carvings and floral engravings. On the back of the plate the signature "Il Guardiani". Working mechanism. Full stock made of ebonised wood (the front part with cracks and restorations). Brass mounts. Butt-plate richly decorated in relief depicting effigies of crowned heads, in the centre a partially worn bust, the trigger guard ornamented en suite with a similar bust not clearly distinguishable. The decorations on the counterplate and the base are very richly carved, the former with winged protomes supporting a medallion, the latter with a mask and bust. Brass-tipped, wooden ramrod. Small defects, restorations, signs of use and time.
length 29,3 cm.
Smoothbore, two-stage, 11 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part, with longitudinal ribs, rings at the girdle and then round. Tang with remains of floral engraving. Flintlock. Slightly round lock plate with mask in relief at the tang and other masks at the screw of the cock and the batterie, small carvings and floral engravings. On the back of the plate the signature "Il Guardiani". Working mechanism. Full stock made of ebonised wood (the front part with cracks and restorations). Brass mounts. Butt-plate richly decorated in relief depicting effigies of crowned heads, in the centre a partially worn bust, the trigger guard ornamented en suite with a similar bust not clearly distinguishable. The decorations on the counterplate and the base are very richly carved, the former with winged protomes supporting a medallion, the latter with a mask and bust. Brass-tipped, wooden ramrod. Small defects, restorations, signs of use and time.
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