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€ 1.200 - 1.600
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€ 3.125
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Turchia
length 52 cm.
Round, smoothbore, 15 mm cal barrels, breeches decorated with a series of elliptical grooves, then with silver damascened decorations; rib with the letters ‘DID’. Flintlocks with rounded plates, engraved with floral motifs and an inscription (not clearly legible). Full wooden stocks carved with waves, decorated with silver plates, those on the barrel embossed with racemes and geometric motifs, and at the front end (which coincides with the vault) a thickened ring; the plates on the back of the stock (two restoration elements) with rich filigree silver decorations depicting rosettes, stylised flowers (some remains of niello work) and decorated with red and white semi-precious stones (one missing); the tangs en suite; the ends of the stocks trimmed with silver wire. Engraved and carved brass mounts; butt-plates with large cylindrical silver button featuring a flower-carved top.
length 52 cm.
Round, smoothbore, 15 mm cal barrels, breeches decorated with a series of elliptical grooves, then with silver damascened decorations; rib with the letters ‘DID’. Flintlocks with rounded plates, engraved with floral motifs and an inscription (not clearly legible). Full wooden stocks carved with waves, decorated with silver plates, those on the barrel embossed with racemes and geometric motifs, and at the front end (which coincides with the vault) a thickened ring; the plates on the back of the stock (two restoration elements) with rich filigree silver decorations depicting rosettes, stylised flowers (some remains of niello work) and decorated with red and white semi-precious stones (one missing); the tangs en suite; the ends of the stocks trimmed with silver wire. Engraved and carved brass mounts; butt-plates with large cylindrical silver button featuring a flower-carved top.
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