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AN 11 BORE NORTH ITALIAN SNAPHAUNCE SPORTING GUN BY CASSIANO ZANOTTI, CIRCA 1750-80 with tapering sighted barrel formed in three stages retained by a shaped copper alloy band, struck with a series of gold and silver-lined decorative marks including the barrelsmith's mark at the breech (losses, restorations), flat lock chiselled with an espagnolette mask in low relief on the tail, signed by the maker 'CZ' (Neue Støckel 8578) on the inside, engraved with traditional foliage, flowerheads and a monster, fitted with engraved and chiselled cock, battery and sliding pan-cover en suite (restorations), figured half-stock, (small chips), fluted butt, copper alloy mounts including butt-plate with tang of shaped outline, trigger-guard with foliate terminal, a shaped plaque beneath the fore-end and ramrod-pipe (later ramrod, repaired), 99.0 cm barrel
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AN 11 BORE NORTH ITALIAN SNAPHAUNCE SPORTING GUN BY CASSIANO ZANOTTI, CIRCA 1750-80 with tapering sighted barrel formed in three stages retained by a shaped copper alloy band, struck with a series of gold and silver-lined decorative marks including the barrelsmith's mark at the breech (losses, restorations), flat lock chiselled with an espagnolette mask in low relief on the tail, signed by the maker 'CZ' (Neue Støckel 8578) on the inside, engraved with traditional foliage, flowerheads and a monster, fitted with engraved and chiselled cock, battery and sliding pan-cover en suite (restorations), figured half-stock, (small chips), fluted butt, copper alloy mounts including butt-plate with tang of shaped outline, trigger-guard with foliate terminal, a shaped plaque beneath the fore-end and ramrod-pipe (later ramrod, repaired), 99.0 cm barrel
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