A VERY FINE ITALIAN (EMILIAN) SNAPHAUNCE MECHANISM FOR A GUN By Sebastiano Acqua Fresca (Cecchi), Bargi, circa 1650-60 With shaped flat plate inset with a small panel finely pierced and engraved with a delicate tracery of flowers and foliage against a gold ground (a second plate now missing), the cock chiselled en suite and with a groteque mask in relief at the base of the comb, combined pan and buffer en suite, and chiselled steel and steel-spring, signed on the inside (some wear and pitting, some losses from pierced panels, top jaw and screw replaced) 7½in. (19cm.) (2)
A VERY FINE ITALIAN (EMILIAN) SNAPHAUNCE MECHANISM FOR A GUN By Sebastiano Acqua Fresca (Cecchi), Bargi, circa 1650-60 With shaped flat plate inset with a small panel finely pierced and engraved with a delicate tracery of flowers and foliage against a gold ground (a second plate now missing), the cock chiselled en suite and with a groteque mask in relief at the base of the comb, combined pan and buffer en suite, and chiselled steel and steel-spring, signed on the inside (some wear and pitting, some losses from pierced panels, top jaw and screw replaced) 7½in. (19cm.) (2)
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