EUROPE, vers 1840-1850 Pair of large dueling pistols. Percussion caps and hammers, engraved with scrolls. Octagonal damascus barrels with patina. Scratched. Cal. 12 mm. Breech shafts decorated with leaves. Selected walnut shafts with gadrooned stocks and scroll-carved lugs. Cut-out iron fittings adorned with scrolls, finger rest bridges and turned knob pommels. Barrel length: 26.3 cm - Overall length: 40.5 cm. Some wear; scratches and dents, some deep; a few small chips to the wood. In a French-style mahogany case with brass top handle, lined with green felt, with accessories (stamped copper powder flask; wooden cleaning rod, cap boxes and mallet; metal bullet mold). Scratches and bumps from use, cracked lid