France Lot n° 19

Two pistols of officer, with flint, being able to form pair. A lock signed DAUPHINE in Tulle, the other not signed. Smooth barrels, with sides, then round. One marked "A ruban" (signed gun). Calibre 17 mm. Cut-out iron capucine ring. Dark walnut barrels with squared grips, and carved in low relief with waves near the pommel and stylized leaves under the barrel. Cut-out steel fittings, tasselled trigger guards, steel medallion pommels. With two iron ramrods (blocked in their housing). Late 18th or early 19th century. Barrel length: 23.3 cm - Overall length: 38 cm. Cleaned arms. Some pitting to the barrels, small missing counterplate (signed pistol); a hammer probably restored to the neck and blocked and a trigger guard mounted upside down (unsigned pistol); wear to the wood decorations, with scratches and small shocks.