Product Details
A GOOD PAIR OF 32-BORE FLINTLOCK CONTINENTAL POCKET PISTOLS SIGNED BARBAIS, PARIS, no visible serial numbers,
circa 1810, with plain slightly tapering round 1 1/4in. barrels engraved with bands at muzzle and breech (barrels frozen), the underside of both breeches signed 'BARBAIS PARIS' in script, squared borderline engraved boxlock actions with engraved ring-necked central cocks, the action bodies further engraved with a prowling lion and a wild boar on one pistol and a snarling wolf and a leopard on the other, engraved edges to the semi rain-proof pan table and roller spring for the frizzen, safes behind the cocks also locking the frizzens, chequered semi slab-sided grip with shell moulding at the head (one cracked and repaired) and a central rosette within the chequered area, the back-strap moulded and with a central line of dome-headed pins running down and around the heel, the automatic triggers concealed withing the trigger plate engraved with a floral torch
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Estimate £700-1,200