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A noteworthy and rare double-barreled percussion shotgun with carved mounts, Metà del XIX Secolo
Estimate
€ 800 - 1.200
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€ 2.500
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Sardinia
length 128,7 cm.
Smoothbore, twisted, round barrels with remains of finishing. Rib with brass foresight. 14 mm. cal. at the nozzle. Backward spring locks engraved and carved in racemes. Working mechanism. Cocks with hound's head and neck-plate decorated en suite with the lock plates. Wooden, half stocks with beautiful bearded mask carved in the lower part of the butt stock and enriched with glass eyes. All the rest of the wooden surface covered with rich, carved, iron mounts: the fore-end with a floral weave and leafy frames, the neck with a continuation of the previous decorative theme, with flowers well raised from the bottom. The back of the butt stock with a floral and shell frame, partially openwork. A large decoration on both sides of the butt stock with relief flowers featuring a red stone in the centre and surmounted by a brass cross. German silver butt plate and trigger guard, the latter with a lion in relief rising from a leaf. The muzzle ring is also made of German silver engraved with racemes like the other mounts. On the only uncovered portion of wood, on the butt stock, remains of some engraved spirals. Brass-tipped iron ramrod with iron cartridge extractors.
length 128,7 cm.
Smoothbore, twisted, round barrels with remains of finishing. Rib with brass foresight. 14 mm. cal. at the nozzle. Backward spring locks engraved and carved in racemes. Working mechanism. Cocks with hound's head and neck-plate decorated en suite with the lock plates. Wooden, half stocks with beautiful bearded mask carved in the lower part of the butt stock and enriched with glass eyes. All the rest of the wooden surface covered with rich, carved, iron mounts: the fore-end with a floral weave and leafy frames, the neck with a continuation of the previous decorative theme, with flowers well raised from the bottom. The back of the butt stock with a floral and shell frame, partially openwork. A large decoration on both sides of the butt stock with relief flowers featuring a red stone in the centre and surmounted by a brass cross. German silver butt plate and trigger guard, the latter with a lion in relief rising from a leaf. The muzzle ring is also made of German silver engraved with racemes like the other mounts. On the only uncovered portion of wood, on the butt stock, remains of some engraved spirals. Brass-tipped iron ramrod with iron cartridge extractors.