A FINE ROMAN STYLE FLINTLOCK PISTOL BY BERNARDUS ARMILLEI

Long, smooth-bore, two-stage, 14.5 mm cal. barrel, octagonal first part, with thin raiser and signature "LAZERINO COMINAZZO", round after the rings and with moulded muzzle. Remains of original finishing; lock finely engraved with two hunters and floral motifs, cock's screw with a small mask. Signed inside "Bernardus Armillei" in italics. Briar-root, full stock, beautiful, brass mounts, engraved with hunting and floral motifs, the butt-plate with a mask on a star. Horn-tipped wooden ramrod and iron cartridge extractor.

Rome, about 1710
length 51 cm.
Conditions: good