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Originally Posted by Philip
There's something else I just noticed about the profile of the lockplate. It's the "wasp-waisted" shape ...However, note how the tail, with its rounded terminus, tilts downward at an angle... This downward tail appears to be a Portuguese variant ...
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Do you mean like this other one made by XAVIER DOS REIS in 1758 ...
(From "Prestige de l'armurerie Portugaise")
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