Pair of flintlock pistols Pair of flintlock pistols Flintlock pistol with ivory fore-end, Part of a couple. The tail plate's tail is embossed with acanthus leaves, the lock plate is signed. The blued barrel is decorated with arabesques embroidered in gold, Classical warriors and a seated man (emperor?) In a gown under a ram's head, flanked by putti and surrounded by foliage, the barrel is stamped on the bottom with a mark that looks like a globe with a cross or triple leaf. The butt knob is separated from the solid ivory butt by means of a band of gilded silver in the form of a knotted festoon, the flask is embossed, with a grotesque mask, a curly acanthus leaf and beaded edges, the butt knob is carved all around like the head of a Classic, mustache warrior with a gilt silver helmet on with chin bands, adorned with separately applied silver leaf scrolls, a grotesque mask on the back and on top a three-dimensional, silver lizard. The fitting is made of gilt silver and consists of a drawer hood, two loading rod sleeves with relief, and a trigger guard with separately applied, ajour worked silver arabesques, no screw plate, the butt cap has the shape of a helmet, The ivory loading stick has a gold-plated silver cap., Leonardus Graeff, Aken, c. 1680, gold (metal), ivory, silver (metal), gilding (material), iron (metal), gilding, l 48.4 cm l 30.8 cm d 13.4 mm w 998 gr
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