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length 121 cm.
Beautiful 18 mm. cal. barrel from a matchlock gun of the first half of the XVI century, round and smoothbore, completely engraved with quillons interlacing leaves on a weavy background, mouth shaped as a dragon's head; rectangular tang engraved with waves; beautiful XVII Century Neapolitan lock richly carved, fretworked and engraved with monsters, animal figures and floral motifs; wooden, full stock from the third fourth of the XVI Century, still showing remains of deep engravings that are now very worn and flattened; iron mounts richly fretworked and engraved with dragons and floral motifs, of the same period as the lock, only the trigger guard and the backplate are from a following period. Spare ramrod.
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Si tratta di un'asta indipendente da Finarte e come tale gestita interamente a Sarzana da Czerny's. Per oggetti considerati "arma" dalla legge italiana per l'acquisto è necessaThis is an independent auction from Finarte and as such is managed entirely in Sarzana by Czerny's.
Beautiful 18 mm. cal. barrel from a matchlock gun of the first half of the XVI century, round and smoothbore, completely engraved with quillons interlacing leaves on a weavy background, mouth shaped as a dragon's head; rectangular tang engraved with waves; beautiful XVII Century Neapolitan lock richly carved, fretworked and engraved with monsters, animal figures and floral motifs; wooden, full stock from the third fourth of the XVI Century, still showing remains of deep engravings that are now very worn and flattened; iron mounts richly fretworked and engraved with dragons and floral motifs, of the same period as the lock, only the trigger guard and the backplate are from a following period. Spare ramrod.
Please note: Finarte customers for this auction must register with Czerny's
czernys.com
Si tratta di un'asta indipendente da Finarte e come tale gestita interamente a Sarzana da Czerny's. Per oggetti considerati "arma" dalla legge italiana per l'acquisto è necessaThis is an independent auction from Finarte and as such is managed entirely in Sarzana by Czerny's.
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