A fine and interesting officer's flintlock pi... Lot n° 78

dating: Early 19th Century provenance: Southern Italy, Smoothbore, two-stage, 19 mm cal barrel, octagonal with three marks (not clearly legible) at the first part and then, after rings, round; flintlock marked 'CM', brass pan, carved end and spring. Wooden full stock with sculpted mouth (a missing part), decorated with thin grooves at the edge and at the back, micro-checkered butt, octagonal pommel, brass mounts engraved with palms and pierced. Brass-tipped, iron ramrod. length 33 cm.