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Friday 16 June 2023, 11:00 AM • Sarzana

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A beautiful pair of snaphaunce lock pistols signed by master G.G., 18th Century

Estimate

€ 5.000 - 7.500

Sold

€ 13.125

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Toscana
length 38.5 cm.
Smoothbore, two-stage, 12.5 mm cal. barrels, octagonal with frames at the base, finely sculpted with a figure in bas-relief (a boy and a girl), then engraved with floral motifs; round at the second segment and with rib engraved with symbols. One of the two barrels marked "E. 1681". Engraved nozzles. Engraved tangs. Locks with rounded plates finely carved with busts in bas-relief, hammers with deep carving depicting masks and floral motifs, the screws covered with a mask. The shafts of the batteries with a woman's bust and snake, pans and sliding pan covers carved with masks. The inner parts of the plates marked 'G.G.'. Wooden full stocks richly carved with floral motifs in bas-relief (very small missing parts and restorations). Steel mounts majestically carved with busts, snakes, winged trumpet-playing angels, grotesque figures and partially pierced floral motifs (one butt-plate is cracked). Engraved belt hooks. Iron-tipped wooden ramrods.
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