ANGLETERRE, fin du XVIIIème siècle WILLIAMS Pair of large "Queen Ann" flintlock forced-fire Marine officers' pistols. With engraved leaf chests and a phylactery containing the signature, and long, round, ringed, smooth, bronze barrels with registers. Cal. 13.5 mm. BIRMINGHAM proofhouse hallmarks. Iron hammers, breech covers and bridges. One sub-barrel marked 1. Walnut stocks, silver filigree forming scrolls, shells or stars, with squared backs. Barrel length: 18 cm - Overall length: 31.3 cm. Some watermarks lifted or missing; a hard spring to be revised; some scratches and minor wear. WILLIAMS, English harquebusier active in the second half of the 18th century.