Fine, long pair of Italian flintlock pommel pistols. Smooth round barrels, decorated halfway up the muzzles with chevrons and foliage, and with recessed grooves at the thunderbolts. signed "Lazarino Cominazzo". Silver sights. Gooseneck plates and dogs engraved and chased with foliage scrolls and flowers. Round iron basins. Beautiful cut-out iron fittings. Counterplates, thumb pieces, long-eared pommels and bridges; all engraved and worked on the sides. Light walnut mounts with carved shafts. Wooden rods with iron tips. Caliber: 14 mm, length: 47.5 cm. B.E. Circa 1670-1680. Lazarino Cominazo, Brescia, 1646-1680

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