Пара Пистолетов. ударный кремневый. Европа. 18 век. фото 38-01

A PAIR OF 18 BORE CONTINENTAL FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FLEMISH with two-stage sighted barrels stamped with an inventory number 'B32' and 'B33' respectively over the breech, tapering tangs grooved for sighting, stepped locks boldly chiselled with foliage, faceted pans, one engraved with the letter 'M' beneath', figured walnut full stocks moulded over the fore-ends and carved with foliage about the rear ramrod-pipes and tang (expertly repaired), and brass mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising side-plates pierced with foliage inhabited by hunters and hounds, spurred pommels fitted with classical profile busts on the caps, trigger-guards with foliate terminals, a pair of ramrod-pipes and escutcheons with masks issuant with scrolls surmounted by a coronet (later ramrods, the steel parts with areas of pitting) 50.8cm; 20in