Pair of Pistols
mid 17th century (made)
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The walnut stocks are inlaid with panels of pierced steel tracery engraved with hunting scenes within interlacing foliage. The horn fore-ends are a later restoration. The mounts of pierced and chiselled steel, the pierced pommel lined with yellow silk. The locks are chiselled in high relief with monsters and foliage, and signed on the inside of the lockplate with the initials 'V.F. over a pellet in a heart-shaped shield'. The barrels are of octagonal section at the breech, the forward part decorated with herring bone file work. They are signed 'Lazarino Cominazzo'.
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| Brief description | Pair of snaphaunce holster pistols, signed 'Lazarino Cominazzo', N Italy (Brescia), Mid 17th century. |
| Physical description | The walnut stocks are inlaid with panels of pierced steel tracery engraved with hunting scenes within interlacing foliage. The horn fore-ends are a later restoration. The mounts of pierced and chiselled steel, the pierced pommel lined with yellow silk. The locks are chiselled in high relief with monsters and foliage, and signed on the inside of the lockplate with the initials 'V.F. over a pellet in a heart-shaped shield'. The barrels are of octagonal section at the breech, the forward part decorated with herring bone file work. They are signed 'Lazarino Cominazzo'. |
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| Credit line | Ex Bernal Collection |
| Historical context | The excellence of these barrels is such as to suggest that the barrels signed 'Lazarino Cominazzo' may be examples of the work of the great Brescian barrel-smith himself. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hayward, J. F., European Firearms. London : HMSO, 1969. |
| Other number | 60 - J F Hayward, European Firearms |
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| Accession number | 2242&A-1855 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2004 |
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