A PAIR OF GERMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS with sighted two-stage barrels each with gold-filled maker's stamps at the breech (Neue Støckel 82,83), signed flat bevelled locks each with stepped tail (one cock retaining screw broken), moulded and lightly carved burr walnut full stocks (chipped and cracked), full brass mounts retaining some of their original gilding, the trigger-guards with acanthus finials, the spurred pommels each with grotesque mask cap, faceted ramrod-pipes with beaded turns, and one original brass-capped wooden ramrod (the other replaced), by Bongarde of Düsseldorf, circa 1720