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Ornate brass trigger guard.

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Maritime Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 75.00 USD
Ornate brass trigger guard.
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Ornate brass trigger guard. 42 grams, about 6½" x 1½" x ¾". One of the largest and most ornate trigger-guards we have seen, with scrollwork engraving all over and nice brass color, undoubtedly from a high-end flintlock pistol of the period. Recovered from: Unidentified wreck sunk ca. 1800 off Boavista Island, Cape Verde Islands, west of Africa. With Arqueonautas certificate #BOA-013/99/41347.