FRANCE, époque Louis XV, XVIIIème siècle Officer's pistols. Flintlock locks and swan-neck hammers, with flat bodies outlined with fillets and leaves. Round barrel, then fluted, rebronzed and gold-spotted. Marks on one side and on the reverse. Smooth. Cal. 15 mm. Long walnut barrel, molded around the metal parts, with teardrops and rocaille cartouche with thunder. Cut-iron fittings with rocaille fillet and foliage decoration, including pommel with brackets. With wooden ramrod and horn tip. Barrel length: 21.5 cm - Overall length: 36.5 cm. Wear, particularly to the carved and engraved decorations, scratches and dents; a few small cracks and chips to the wood; crack and long chip between the thunderbolt and lock; a few pits of oxidation; small chips to the ramrod.