A pair of splendid flintlock pistols, for the Oriental Market. Vergnes à Marseilles, circa 1810. Stepped barrels with cannon muzzles, smooth bores in 16 mm calibre. Inset brass tompions. The tops are richly ornamented in part with engraved and gilded trophy bundles and crescent moons on a browned background. Richly engraved and chiselled flintlocks with trophy decoration partly in relief. The signatures "Vergnes à Marseilles" are engraved within vine cartouches. Walnut stocks with silver wire inlay. Heavy silver furniture with oriental trophy décor in relief on,

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