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Lot 3267:Italian Flintlock Shotgun 20

December 6th, 2015|Rock Island, IL
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Lot 3267:Italian Flintlock Shotgun 20

December 6th, 2015|Rock Island, IL
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Italian Double Barrel Miquelet Lock Fowling Piece with Gilt Accents

The combination of an apparently French stock with Miquelet locks suggest the work of a Turin gunmaker circa mid-1700s. Consignor notes state that the barrels were done by C. Bandeau and the locks by Acquisante Pietrantonio Palombini. The solid rib has a gilt blade front sight flanked by gilt flowers (traces remain). A wide grooved rear sight is positioned on the barrel tang. The breech of the barrels have nearly 4 inch wedges of a gilt flower pattern and the rear of the barrel rib has a 3 inch gilt panel followed by more gilt flowers. The plain locks have ring head hammers featuring a light engraving. A simple line engraving appears on the frizzens. The trigger guard has an engraved floral pattern and a plain long tang with a sling swivel. The flat buttplate also has an engraved floral pattern along with the number "375" on the tang. The half stock features a carved floral pattern near the barrel tang and steel furniture. The three ramrod pipes hold a wooden ramrod. Length of pull is 13 inches. Miquelets originated in the late 1600s and lasted to around the early 1800s. These types of firearms were especially common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Balkans, Greece, and Turkey and were often civilian firearms.

ConditionVery good. Streaks of original blue finish remain on the barrel. Otherwise, the shotgun has a smooth bright appearance with a few patches of light pitting. The repaired stock is also very good with some chips of wood missing near the locks and some minor handling marks. Hammers do not release properly from the cocked position when the triggers are pulled.
Details
ManufacturerItalian
ModelFlintlock
TypeShotgun
ClassAntique
Caliber / Gauge20
Barrel37 inch solid rib
Finishblue
Stockwalnut

Item LocationRock Island, IL
Views1911
Catalog page109
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