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Lot 5350ANTIQUE

An Italian flintlock holster pistol
18th century

8 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

Sold for US$1,872 inc. premium

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An Italian flintlock holster pistol
18th century

The 12 1/2 inch tapered round .62 caliber barrel molded with sighting rib, the breech inlaid with a brass sun-in-splendor above an impressed maker's mark (a galloping horse), the two enclosed by ten small impressed marks. Rounded lockplate signed G. Sofiznti, the cock and tail of plate chased with foliage. Brass furniture molded with C-scrolls and foliage, the single ramrod thimble with long extension for the turned steel ramrod. Full stock with relief-carved panels.
Condition: Very good. Barrel and lock showing scattered light pitting. Triggerguard, ramrod thimble, wrist escutcheon and stock probably period replacements executed in the Middle East.

Footnotes

Note: Giovanni Sofianti, Firenze, Italy, 1732-80. 'Heer Der Neue Stockel', page 1190.

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