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Large flintlock pistol, northern Italian, 1660-1680.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:650.00 USD Estimated At:850.00 - 1,295.00 USD
Large flintlock pistol, northern Italian, 1660-1680.
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Large flintlock pistol, northern Italian, 1660-1680. 2 lb 6.1 oz, 18" long. A big and ornate pistol, with dark wood stock graced with silvery-steel lock and side-plate (showing a lucky horseshoe) and bulbous butt (small grotesque mask in center), the trigger guard showing a harlequin on bottom, with another similar figure cast in the barrel, empty ramrod holder below, just the wooden stock a little banged up, but done so long ago. Pedigreed to the Mark Bir collection.