Pair of flintlock pistols, Flintlock pistol with ivory fore end, Part of a couple. The lock is engraved with leaf scrolls, a winged figure and a signature. The barrel is engraved with leaf scrolls and the number 6, the drum edge is marked with the letters S [..] MON. The solid ivory flask is carved with edges and acanthus leaves and ends after a separation of ebony and ivory in a flask bud in the shape of a man's head with a mustache and laurel wreath. The iron fittings include a screw plate with ajour-worked extension in the form of entangled hoses., Jacob Kosters, Maastricht, c. 1670, ivory,

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