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Pair of officer's flintlock pommel pistols. Engraved round barrels with beads at the muzzles, with thunderbolts at the sides. Lock plates signed "I. Valet" and flat-bodied swan-neck hammers engraved with foliate scrolls. Iron fittings. Decorated bridges. Long-eared knobs. Carved counterplates. Iron rods. Walnut crossbars decorated with silver wire inlays around the breech shanks. A.B.E. (minor traces of pitting). Circa 1760-1780. VALET J. harquebusier in Liège, circa 1760-1780
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