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Napoli
length 35,5 cm.
Smoothbore, two-stag, octagonal and round barrels, both featuring three gold marks on the powder chamber, ring grooves at the breech and a moulded muzzle. Caliber 18.5 mm at the nozzle (slight deformations). Breech blocks stamped “R. F. DI NAP.” Plate locks signed “GAETANO DI CARLUCCI,” embellished with small frames and flowers. Working mechanisms (first snap without safety lock). Hammers with old repairs or adjustments. Wooden full stocks with checkering on the fore-end and grip and partially carved, with small repairs (probably made during use) and a jointed butt near the butt plate. Brass mounts. Brass-tipped, wooden ramrods. Average-good condition. Signs of use and age. Rare signature.
length 35,5 cm.
Smoothbore, two-stag, octagonal and round barrels, both featuring three gold marks on the powder chamber, ring grooves at the breech and a moulded muzzle. Caliber 18.5 mm at the nozzle (slight deformations). Breech blocks stamped “R. F. DI NAP.” Plate locks signed “GAETANO DI CARLUCCI,” embellished with small frames and flowers. Working mechanisms (first snap without safety lock). Hammers with old repairs or adjustments. Wooden full stocks with checkering on the fore-end and grip and partially carved, with small repairs (probably made during use) and a jointed butt near the butt plate. Brass mounts. Brass-tipped, wooden ramrods. Average-good condition. Signs of use and age. Rare signature.
Specialist Notes
By Gaetano Carlucci, Neapolitan arquebusier active in the first half of the 19th century. His signature appears on a pair of pistols later converted to percussion (with barrels from Torre Annunziata) and on a pair originally manufactured as percussion pis
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