Description
An Italian snaphaunce belt pistolearly 18th century
Tapered 13 3/4 inch two-stage barrel in .50 caliber, the breech section with worn signature. Border and scroll-engraved snaphaunce lock, the cock chiseled with grotesque masks. Steel furniture, the pierced counterplate with mask-headed scrolls; triggerguard with urn finial; buttcap with mask framed by petals....