An engraved wheel-lock pistol dating: 17th Century provenance: Brescia, Smooth-b…

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An engraved wheel-lock pistol

dating: 17th Century provenance: Brescia, Smooth-bore, two-stage, 14 mm cal. barrel with rings at the girdle, octagonal at the first part and engraved with geometrical motifs, the second part of sixteen faces and moulded muzzle; engraved tang; lock engraved with floral motifs, with external wheel and adjustable pan cover, stamp "GB" with cross inside the plate; wooden, full stock with iron mounts, finely grooved trigger guard, butt-plate with pierced element, engraved belt hook; iron-tipped wooden ramrod.

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An engraved wheel-lock pistol

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