A Fine North Italian Snaphaunce Mechanism For A Longarm, Late 18th Century

With border engraved rounded plate engraved with foliage beneath the pan and behind the cock, the tail chiselled in relief with a foliated female profile bust, the cock and arm of the steel pierced, chiselled and engraved with foliage, the retaining bolts each chiselled in relief with a putto-mask, sprung sliding pan-cover with baluster terminal, and the inside of the plate engraved 'Brento' behind the mainspring
15 cm.

Provenance
The James S. Gooding Collection sold in these Rooms, 25 November 2015, lot 239