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Rare and Fine Antique Arms & Armour

Friday 31 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A fine pin-fire revolving rifle by the Merolla brothers, about 1855

Estimate

€ 1.500 - 2.500

Sold

€ 2.375

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

length 110.5 cm
Round, rifled, 15 mm cal barrel, with high rib signed "Fratelli Merolla Privilegiati Napoli", front sight, side clutch for the bayonet; grooved, six-shot cylinder, finely engraved with floral motifs, the frame likewise, with a cobweb-shaped rosette on the left side; extractor inside the fore-end, loading gate, wooden butt and fore-end, iron mounts, trigger guard decorated en suite. Rare.