A Venditti prototype pistol. mid-19th Century Provenance: Italy Description: Octagonal, rifled barrel, engraved with floral patterns on the upper face and marked SISTEMA VENDITTI" 9 mm cal.; spring tubular magazine underneath the barrel, two more on the sides; blued front band; brass frame engraved en suite, with two blued iron plates; ring-lever trigger guard, walnut grips, supension rings.Pietro Antonio Venditti, Torre Annunziata and Naples, 1828 - 1878.

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