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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
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A Fine And Rare Italian 120-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Pocket Pistol
Signed Acqua Fresca, Mid-18th Century

Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Including property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Fine And Rare Italian 120-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Pocket Pistol
Signed Acqua Fresca, Mid-18th Century

With two-stage silver barrel turned at the girdle and with octagonal breech, the latter punched with a line of beadwork at the rear, bright border engraved tang, signed bright border engraved round lock chiselled with a grotesque mask on the tail, the head of the cock retaining bolt chiselled in relief with a profile male helmeted head, highly figured fruitwood full stock with moulded borders and carved with foliage at the barrel tang, cast and chased mounts comprising cartouche-shaped side-plate framed by foliage and involving a bearded profile head and a sea-monster, foliate escutcheon, spurred pommel with a differing male profile bust on each side and cherub-masks between, and small pommel-cap with male and female profile busts centred on a petalled border, trigger-guard with foliate finial and a further male profile bust on the bow, turned and faceted ramrod-pipes, the rear one en suite with the trigger-guard, original silver-tipped ramrod, and in fine condition
9.5 cm. barrel

Footnotes

The Acquafresca (Cecchi) family of steel chisellers and lockmakers worked in Bargi, near Bologna, and their signature appears on some of the finest Italian firearms ever produced. The two most distinguished members of the family were Sebastiano (1619-92) and his son Matteo (1651-1738), although the family was active up to the last quarter of the eighteenth century

For an account of the family see L.G. Boccia, 'Gli Acquafresca di Bargi', Physis, Vol. IX, Part 1, pp. 91-160

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A Cased Pair Of Scottish 50-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Alex.r Martin, Glasgow, Mid-19th Century
The medals and associate ephemera and uniforms of Arthur Watts, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons
A Pair Of Highland All-Metal Percussion Belt Pistols Signed Paton & Walsh Perth, Mid 19th century
A Silver-Mounted Left-Hand Dagger, probably German, Italian or English Late 16th Century Or Later
FOUR REPRODUCTION CARVED POWDER HORNS/FLASKS.late 20th century.
THREE CARVED COCONUT ITEMS.18th/19th century.
A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND REPRODUCTION POWDER FLASKS AND RELATED SPORTING ITEMS.
THREE VICTORIAN ARMS AND ARMOUR DECORATIVE ITEMS.