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465 - A rare and interesting pair of Royal Guard officer's flintlock pistols
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€900 - 1,300Sale fees
A rare and interesting pair of Royal Guard officer's flintlock pistols dating: 1805 - 1814 provenance: Kingdom fo Italy (Napoleonic), Round, smoothbore, 18 mm cal. barrels with octagonal breech. French military type locks, with flat lock plate and marked "CALABRESI IN MILANO", brass pan. Well working mechanism. Lock plates marked "FS" inside and with identification stamps "IIII" and "IIIIV", each with its mark on the wood to prevent them from being reversed during assembly. Smooth, wooden, full stocks, both with remains of a not clearly legible stamp between the trigger guard and the lock tang. French-style brass mounts with flat butt-plates. Iron ramrods. One pistol of this wonderful pair is published on the volume "Armi e Armaioli nella Milano del XIX Secolo" by Ulisse Gobbi, page 29, and coloured plate nr. 13.
Auction details
Rare and Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Day 2Auction house
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