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dating: Second half of the 18th Century provenance: Brescia, Smoothbore, two-stage, 12 mm cal. barrel, the first part octagonal with beautiful silver decorations (some missing parts), followed by a smooth ring and a beaded ring; engraved tang. Flintlock signed 'B. Duccolo'. Working mechanism with double-set triggers. Wooden, full stock (small missing parts), decorated with filigree inlays (missing parts). Iron mounts. Silver-tipped wooden ramrod. For Bortolo Duccolo, see 'Repertorio Storico Degli Archibugieri Italiani dal XIV al XX Secolo'; Clueb, Bologna, 2012, page 235. In 1777, the gunsmith was Mayor of the Brescia Gunsmiths' Guild (De Vita 1993). length 27 cm.