SCARCE VICENZO COMINAZZO ROYALTY QUALITY FLINTLOCK PISTOL.

SCARCE VICENZO COMINAZZO ROYALTY QUALITY FLINTLOCK PISTOL. Cal. About 65. NSN. Spectacular pistol with 11” fluted round to ovoid shaped bbl with incised decorations on both sections with a turned transition, having foliate patterns at transition. Top flat is marked with maker’s name & three stamped stars. Flat in front of flash pan is marked with Batista’s name “G. Bai Tiani Giio”. Breech end of bbl & top tang have a deep relief carved face. Top of wrist, around top tang, has applied cast steel with a demon face at back end. Lockplate has another demon face at back end with a deep relief rendition of Leda & The Swan. Hammer is also deep relief cast with a human figure and foliate & floral decorations. Bottom of pan has another demon face, as does the front of frizzen. Side of frizzen spring is file decorated. Furniture is all iron with a sgl iron guide containing what is probably the orig iron tipped ramrod. Forestock has a carved transition with a demon face central applique. Sideplate also has a demon face with flower & vine decorations. Trigger guard has another demon face with a filigree front finial of flowers & vines and trigger plate with deep relief cast flowers & vines. Trigger has a cast relief of what appears to be a demon bird with human head & bird body. Buttcap, with its very long, thin langets, has a cast demon face on each side with full coverage flowers & vines and a tiny demon face screw cover. Sideplate has an added, lightly decorated belt hook. This pistol certainly dates before 1696, for tht is when Vincenzo Cominazzo was put to death. Altogether a most decorative & unusual pistol, probably made for Italian royalty. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Metal all has an old cleaned patina being a silver/gray color with some mottling on bbl and scattered fine pitting. Wood is sound & retains about all of a restored finish. Mechanics are a little stiff, dark bore. 4-58409 JR425 (3,000-5,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	4	$9,775.00	SCARCE VICENZO COMINAZZO ROYALTY QUALITY FLINTLOCK PISTOL. Cal. About 65. NSN. Spectacular pistol with 11” fluted round to ovoid shaped bbl with incised decorations on both sections with a turned transition, having foliate patterns at transition. Top flat is marked with maker’s name & three stamped stars. Flat in front of flash pan is marked with Batista’s name “G. Bai Tiani Giio”. Breech end of bbl & top tang have a deep relief carved face. Top of wrist, around top tang, has applied cast steel with a demon face at back end. Lockplate has another demon face at back end with a deep relief rendition of Leda & The Swan. Hammer is also deep relief cast with a human figure and foliate & floral decorations. Bottom of pan has another demon face, as does the front of frizzen. Side of frizzen spring is file decorated. Furniture is all iron with a sgl iron guide containing what is probably the orig iron tipped ramrod. Forestock has a carved transition with a demon face central applique. Sideplate also has a demon face with flower & vine decorations. Trigger guard has another demon face with a filigree front finial of flowers & vines and trigger plate with deep relief cast flowers & vines. Trigger has a cast relief of what appears to be a demon bird with human head & bird body. Buttcap, with its very long, thin langets, has a cast demon face on each side with full coverage flowers & vines and a tiny demon face screw cover. Sideplate has an added, lightly decorated belt hook. This pistol certainly dates before 1696, for tht is when Vincenzo Cominazzo was put to death. Altogether a most decorative & unusual pistol, probably made for Italian royalty. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Metal all has an old cleaned patina being a silver/gray color with some mottling on bbl and scattered fine pitting. Wood is sound & retains about all of a restored finish. Mechanics are a little stiff, dark bore. 4-58409 JR425 (3,000-5,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2006 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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