Пара Пистолетов. ударный кремневый. Европа. 18 век. фото 04-01

A FINE PAIR OF 25 BORE BOHEMIAN D.B. FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY PAUL POSER IN PRAG, CIRCA 1720
with long swamped reblued barrels signed 'Paul Poser' and 'In Prag' respectively, fitted with brass foresights, border-engraved tangs incorporating grooved back-sights, finely engraved signed flat bevelled locks decorated with cavalrymen and pikemen beneath the pans, and on the tails with a musketeer and an encampment scene, the cocks engraved with foliage and chiselled with a monsterhead in relief (one trigger repaired), moulded figured walnut full stocks (minor repairs) carved in relief with linear mouldings over the fore-ends, strapwork and foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipes and about the barrel tangs, full brass mounts finely cast and chased in low relief, comprising trigger-guards with acanthus finials decorated with strapwork and opposing warrior busts on a punched ground on the bows, spurred pommels with further designs of strapwork foliage enclosing standing classical warriors on a punched ground, grotesque mask butt-caps within a beadwork frame, pierced escutcheons supported by female figures, engraved with the owner's crest beneath a coronet, a pair of faceted ramrod-pipes, the mounts retaining some original gilding, and original horn-tipped wooden ramrods
53.5cm; 21 1/8in