Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2018 : Sale A1218 Lot 516
MAZZA, NAPOLI A 14-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, no visible serial number,

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* MAZZA, NAPOLI

A 14-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, no visible serial number,
circa 1850, with browned damascus 31in. barrels, the broad slightly concave top-rib signed in gold inlaid gothic script 'MAZZA NAPOLI' within a flourish of scrolls, scroll engraved rib-end and long top-tang, small platinum vented plugs, unusually narrow tapering back-action locks with borderline and scroll engraving and inlet with large shield-shaped gold poincons embossed 'MAZZA NAPOLI', acanthus scroll engraved dolphin-headed hammers, figured walnut straight hand chequered walnut high-combed half-stock, long spurred iron heel-plate, the lower tang fitted with an engraved full-length grip-safety (at fault), narrow chequered fore-end with clipped corner white-metal rectangular escutcheons for the take-down key and brass mounted mahogany ramrod

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Estimate £400-600
(USD 518-777)
(EUR 444-666)


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