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A PAIR OF GERMAN BREECH-LOADING FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS with rifled turn-off barrels turned at the muzzle, the breeches octagonal then polygonal and engraved with scrolls and foliage, the tangs engraved with a mask, signed rounded border engraved locks decorated with flowers, scrolls and foliage, moulded half-stocks, iron mounts including pierced and chiselled side-plates and escutcheons, the former involving a demi-figure, and spurred pommels engraved en suite with the locks, by Johan Jacob Schwend, early 18th Century
18½in. [E.522, S.13,14] (2)
18½in. [E.522, S.13,14] (2)