FRANCE, début du XIXème siècle (modifié) PICHERAU in Niort. Modified flintlock percussion cap officer's pistol. Signed lock plate, engraved with a cup with fruits and fleuron, hammer decorated in continuation; counter plate decorated with a spider web and a pair of wings. Octagonal barrel slightly narrowed before the mouth, then re-revased, with fine stripes. Mouth underlined of a gilded ribbon, the thunder decorated in continuation, with engraved frieze of leaves. Caliber 14 mm. Barrel in drowning with squared stick with frieze of pearls and pirouettes, thunder decorated with a frieze of flowers and the, oval pommel underlined of a frieze of palmettes. Cut iron trim with engraved decoration of flowered vases, medallion with man of back, bearded mask. Tail of adjustable trigger. Barrel length : 19 cm. - Total length: 32.7 cm. Wear to the gilding; some scratches, shocks and cracks to the barrel.