FRANCE, seconde moitié du XVIIIème siècle Pair of flintlock pistols. Round-bodied locks, signed "Laurent Gilles". Round-bodied and swan-necked stocks. Smooth barrels, with sides then round, engraved of a gilded trophy, underlined of gilded ribbons with the thunders and the mouths. Gauges 11 mm. Shafts and stocks in walnut, with pommels carved with a grotesque head. Tips under the mouth of the barrels in brown horn. Cut iron fittings, underlined of nets. Iron ramrod. Barrel length: 13 cm - Total length: 25,5cm. One rod missing. Wear to the gilding; scratches; shocks and chips to the wood, insolate, a split barrel in front and under a lock, with missing; oxidations to the locks and corrosions to the bridges. Accidents, splinters and missing rod.