17th Century French Silver-Mounted Pair .A superb pair of Sterling SIlver-mounted flintlock pistols made for a nobleman, Mayor or person of high standing. This pair feature smoothe-bore, two-stage 14mm calibre barrels with remains of finishing, decorated in gold with...
A Rare 16th Century Left-handed Bresciani Pair An exquisite and unusual pair of beautifully crafted left-handed Italian flintlocks, the property of a nobleman. The gunmaker’s name, Frances Garat Da Mancino, can be approximately translated as “Frances...
A Rare Double-Barrel Italian Pair A very unusual pair of flintlocks made for the travelling nobleman These side-by-side pistols feature 13mm calibre barrels with highly decorated gold etchings and locks signed “FRACCIA” and “TURIN”. They were...
17th century Bresciani by Luca Zugno A magnificently presented nobleman’s flintlock holster pistol, crafted by a Brescian master. Luca Zugno was a prominent gunmaker in Gardone near Brescia in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. According to Italian...
A 16th Century Gentleman’s Holster Pistol by ZR An elegant accoutrement of the 16th century Florentine gentleman This beautiful example of Northern Italian gunmaking in the late 16th century was probably made for a local nobleman as his personal sidearm. It is...
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