A PAIR OF FRENCH SMALL FLINTLOCK PISTOLS with blued two-stage barrels (one reblued) octagonal and polygonal at the breech, and punched and gilt with roses on the muzzle and breech, engraved tangs, signed border engraved rounded locks, figured walnut half-stocks carved with a floral in relief behind the barrel tangs and inlaid with silver wire scrollwork on the spine, silver mounts cast and chased in relief with scrolls and martial trophies all on a punched ground, lion's mask butt-caps, and later ivory-tipped wooden ramrods, by Luzier-Grivolat, St. Etienne, circa 1785

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A PAIR OF FRENCH SMALL FLINTLOCK PISTOLS with blued two-stage barrels (one reblued) octagonal and polygonal at the breech, and punched and gilt with roses on the muzzle and breech, engraved tangs, signed border engraved rounded locks, figured walnut half-stocks carved with a floral in relief behind the barrel tangs and inlaid with silver wire scrollwork on the spine, silver mounts cast and chased in relief with scrolls and martial trophies all on a punched ground, lion's mask butt-caps, and later ivory-tipped wooden ramrods, by Luzier-Grivolat, St. Etienne, circa 1785
7in. (2)

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