Пистоль с ударным кремневым замком. Европа. 17 век. фото 24-01

A PAIR OF BRESCIAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY
PICI FRUSCA, BRESCIA, LATE 17TH CENTURY
with tapering three-stage barrels stamped �?Lazarino
Cominazzo’ over the breeches, rounded locks signed �?Pici
Frusca Ba’ and chiselled with leafy ornament in relief on the
tails, each stamped �?I’ on the inside, the cock retaining
screws and steels chiselled en suite, figured walnut full
stocks carved with scrolls over the fore-ends, applied with
numerous steel plaques finely pierced and engraved with
foliage, comprising a demon mask issuant with foliage
about the barrel tang, further issuant masks on each side of
the pommel and another mask ahead of the trigger-guard,
steel mounts, comprising side-plates pierced and engraved
with scrolling foliage, fruit and a grotesque mask, triggerguards
chiselled with leafy tendrils inhabited by a serpent
and with finials pierced en suite, spurred pommels
chiselled with beaded borders surrounding tightly scrolling
foliage, flowers and fruit inhabited by serpents, a pair of
ramrod-pipes chiselled with acanthus, pierced steel foreend
caps, and each with its original steel-tipped wooden
ramrod (the stocks with repairs, the steel parts with areas
of wear)