Estimate
€ 1.800 - 2.200
Sold
€ 2.500
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dating: 1850/60 provenance: Milan, Single, smoothbore, octagonal, 14.7 mm cal barrel with remains of old browning, turn-off (to be unlocked) and with front sight, marked in gold 'A. MARELLI INV. MILNO' on the back. Iron breech block, the rear part and tang engraved with floral motifs, fixed rear sight. Pistons with spark arrester (some pitting at the base). Back spring locks signed 'A. MARELLI / IN MILANO' in gold and engraved with floral motifs. Engraved hammers. Wooden butt with two small cracks but sound and with well-marked checkering. Working mechanism, tends to jam. Trigger guard with finger rest and floral engravings. White metal butt plate with engraved primer case. Marelli Agostino (1815-1876) one of Milan's best-known gunsmiths (second only to Colombo) 'deserves first place among Milanese gunsmiths for quality, quantity and variety of production' (Barbiroli). In 1857 he was awarded the copper medal of national industry for '...a several-shot gun...' (Barbiroli). See 'Repertorio Storico degli Archibugiari Italiani' p. 347. length 32 cm.
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