Pair of Snaphaunce Pistols, ca. 1690, Bargi, Italian, Bargi, Steel, silver, wood (ebony), L. of each pistol 21 1/2 in. ( cm

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Pair of Snaphaunce Pistols, ca. 1690, Bargi, Italian, Bargi, Steel, silver, wood (ebony), L. of each pistol 21 1/2 in. ( cm); L. of each barrel 15 in. ( cm); Cal. of each barrel 1/2 in. (13 mm), Firearms-Pistols-Snaphaunce, Acquafresca was one of the most talented Italian gunmakers of all time. His mastery of relief-chiseled and engraved steel was unsurpassed, Although he worked in the isolated hamlet of Bargi, near Bologna, he was well aware of international firearms fashion, including gunmakers' pattern books published in Paris

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