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Rare and Fine Antique Arms and Armour, Orders & Militaria

Thursday 11 December 2025 e Friday 12 December 2025, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A magnificent brescian wheelock pistol, mid-17th Century

Estimate

€ 5.000 - 6.000

Sold

€ 37.500

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Brescia
length 44.5 cm.
Smoothbore, two-stage, 13 mm cal. barrel, grooved and faceted, with a small frame at the girdle and at the breech, on the powder chamber the first in block letters on two lines "LAZARINO COMINAZZO". Plate with smooth lock plate featuring a carved flower at the end, decorated along the edges with a small frame with plant motifs and a vase of flowers; carved wheel cover (one of the two screws missing), as well as the baluster-shaped hammer throw. Full, walnut stock with masterful openwork mounts depicting spirals, characters and fantastic animals. Round, flattened butt-plate chiselled in bas-relief with the same subjects, the button carved in the round with a winged dragon. Trigger guard also carved with a base in the round en suite, as is the openwork trigger. Long, heavy ramrod also chiselled in bas-relief. Baluster-tipped wooden ramrod.

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