A pair of flintlock pistols, South German, ca. 1730/80. Long Damascus barrels with smooth bores in 16 mm calibre, the top sides with chiselled palmette ornamentation and silver inlays. The tangs numbered "1" and "2" respectively. Finely engraved locks with the signature "Caspar Zellner in Wienn". Fullstocks with carved vine ornamentation. Smooth brass furnitures. Wooden ramrods with horn tips. Length of each cm. A pair of pistols assembled around 1780, making use of earlier barrels and locks from around 1730. historic, historical, 18th century, civil handg,

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