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Steel-chiseler Pietro Ancini Italian
This trigger guard and a lock in the Odescalchi Collection in Rome formerly belonged to a gun that was undoubtedly the masterpiece of the steel-chiseler Pietro Ancini.
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Title: Trigger Guard of a Gun made for a Prince of the House of the Medici
Steel-chiseler:
Pietro Ancini (Italian, Reggio Emilia, recorded 1616–1702)
Date: dated 1643
Geography: Reggio Emilia
Culture: Italian, Reggio Emilia
Medium: Steel
Dimensions: L. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Classification: Firearms Parts
Credit Line: Purchase, Bashford Dean Bequest, 1956
Object Number: 56.23
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