Beautiful flintlock pistol of officer model 1816, attributed to the Royal Guard or the King's Household, from a pair. Bronze-plated barrel, richly decorated with gold thunder of the great arms of France. Lock with flat body signed "à Maubeuge" and round body hammer. Copper-plated brass fittings. Tail of trigger guard and trigger in squared iron. Cap with the three flowers of lilies. Stock in drowning squared. Brass-tipped brass ramrod. B.E. Restoration period. Provenance: Count FROLICH, marshal of the Court of the King of Sweden and Norway Oscar II, then descent.

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