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Lot 134

A Fine North Italian Snaphaunce Mechanism For A Longarm
Late 18th Century

23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Fine North Italian Snaphaunce Mechanism For A Longarm
Late 18th Century

With border engraved rounded plate engraved with foliage beneath the pan and behind the cock, the tail chiselled in relief with a foliated female profile bust, the cock and arm of the steel pierced, chiselled and engraved with foliage, the retaining bolts each chiselled in relief with a putto-mask, sprung sliding pan-cover with baluster terminal, and the inside of the plate engraved 'Brento' behind the mainspring
15 cm.

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Provenance
The James S. Gooding Collection sold in these Rooms, 25 November 2015, lot 239

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