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CIRCA 1800
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN 15-BORE MIQUELET-LOCK OFFICER'S PISTOLS
CIRCA 1800
With two-stage swamped barrels each chiselled with a band of foliage at the girdle and struck with a gold-lined maker's mark and three fleur-de-lys on the octagonal breech-section, foliate engraved tangs, engraved flat locks, walnut three-quarter stocks each with chequered butt, engraved brass mounts including pierced side-plates, and later horn-tipped ramrods (engraving to locks worn, gold-lining to marks renewed)
8 5/8in. (22cm.) barrels (2)
CIRCA 1800
With two-stage swamped barrels each chiselled with a band of foliage at the girdle and struck with a gold-lined maker's mark and three fleur-de-lys on the octagonal breech-section, foliate engraved tangs, engraved flat locks, walnut three-quarter stocks each with chequered butt, engraved brass mounts including pierced side-plates, and later horn-tipped ramrods (engraving to locks worn, gold-lining to marks renewed)
8 5/8in. (22cm.) barrels (2)