Italian chenapan pistol with iron mounting circa... Lot 150

Italian chenapan pistol with iron mounting circa 1720. 52 caliber octagonal barrel at the half and round at the pound. Beautiful lock with chenapan, nut san bride, screw head of the hammer and the battery screwed of the interior with human head. A mechanism of closing with slipping isolates the powder of the basin of the bad weather, the release of the blow starts the automatic opening of the slipping of closing. Finely realized and decorated weapon, hammer of round swan neck with reinforcement, battery typical of these weapons, of a great smoothness of execution. Walnut frame slightly split at the neck without gravity. Reinforcement of steel scrolls semi-inlaid in the frame, hook of belt, cap with long ears and prominent nail, trigger volute. With its wood and iron ramrod. Functional mechanism. (Condition 2+)