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LOT 1529
Wonderful Factory Master Albino Contessa Signed, Game Scene Engraved Piotti 20 Gauge King Model Sidelock Double Barrel Shotgun with Case - Serial no. 9872, 20 gauge, 29 inch solid rib bbl., blue/coin finish, walnut stock. Piotti is among the best gunmaking firms in Italy and produces exceptionally high quality pieces that would be at home in the finest sporting arms collections in the world. This gun was constructed with blued steel chopperlump barrels with a single brass bead sight on the matted concave solid rib, “FLLI. PIOTTI ITALY” marked on the left barrel, bands of light scroll at either breech, import mark under the forend, 2005 dated Italian proofs on the flats, and chambers marked 3 inches with automatic ejectors.
