Rare And Highly Desirable Italian Flintlock Holster Pistol By One Of The Cecchi Family, Circa 1730
| Action: | Flintlock |
| Country of Origin: | Italy |
| Caliber: | .52 |
| Overall Length: | 16" (approx.) |
| Barrel Length: | 10" (approx.) |
| *Condition: | Very Good (please refer to photographs) |
| Stock No: | 000754 |
A Very Rare Brass Mounted Early 18th Century Italian Flintlock Belt Pistol Signed “Acqua Fresca (Matteo Cecchi 1651-1710) Gunmaker To The House Of The Medici’s And Especially For Cosimo III.
Plain 10 inch part round part octagonal barrel. .52 caliber. Bolted convex lock engraved with scrolling foliage and a bearded bust, Hammer engraved ensuite. Engraved unbridled frizzen. Signed “Acqua Fresca” underneath the frizzen spring. Full brass mounts with lovely serpentine openwork sideplate with snarling dragon spitting the sideplate from his open mouth.
Spurred buttcap with lion head pommel. The Cecchi family or Acqua Fresco created some of the finest Italian pistols ever made including the magnificent pair featured on the cover of Merrill Lindsay’s One Hundred Great Guns, ex: Gwynn Collection and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The action is fine on both half and full cock. Bore is fair. Lock engraving is good. Figured and molded walnut full stock rates fine with no repairs evident. Steel parts patinated. Pistols signed Acqua Fresca are rare and desirable. 14 inches overall.
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