Pair of Italian rascal pistols - Lot 151

Pair of Italian rascal pistols In the taste of Lazzari Cominazzo from 1650... Round body lock with rock and grotesque decorations in round bump, battery arms with foliage and bird heads decorations and screw with grotesque decorations. Chiselled swan-necked dogs, dog screws with grotesque decorations. Barrels with two registers, with sides then round 14 mm calibre breeches screws with grotesque decorations. Openworked iron counterplates with in the centre a cartouche representing a man in profile. Chiselled bridges with a cartouche representing a man in profile. Openwork iron thumb pieces with men's figures in a cartouche flanked by fish under crowns. Iron caps carved in hollows with plant interlacing motifs and men's profiles. Carved wooden sticks with plant interlacing motifs, Original sticks, the end of one is missing, some burrs and oxidation to be noted, mechanics to be revised. ITALY, End of the 17th century Total length 28 cm. See reproduction