A pair of beautiful flintlock pistols by Diomede... Lot n° 1032

dating: Second half of the 17th Century provenance: Brescia, Smooth-bore, three-stage, 13 mm cal. barrels, octagonal at the first part, grooved and signed 'LAZARINO COMINAZZO', chiselled with leaves at the second and round at the third one with a snake among rinceaux at the base, with fore-sight; flintlocks signed 'Diomede Darent', tang and the hammer chiselled with a snake among rinceaux; fine, briar-root, full stocks, slightly embossed; steel mounts, richly chiselled with floral motifs, pierced triggers and part of the trigger guards. The counter-plates provided with holes for belt hooks (now missing). Wooden ramrods with steel mounts. length 49 cm.