FRANCE, époque Empire, modifié postérieurement Officer's pistol. Flintlock, modified capsule percussion, flat-body, signed "Fourni par FATOU à Paris" and later hammer. Octagonal barrel, rounded at the bottom, with brown damascus patina, slightly flared towards the muzzle. Hairline scratches. Cal. 18 mm. Tailstock decorated with wheat ears and a leaf. Walnut shaft with squared stock and polygonal pommel. Small oval silver thumb piece (min. 800), plain, counterplate side. Cut-out and engraved iron trim with bases, flowers and flowering vase, and shells (counterplate). Flower-shaped screw heads. Blackened wood ramrod and iron end caps. Barrel length: 19.2 cm - Overall length: 33.5 cm. Gun cleaned, wood dry. Scratches and knocks from use; a few cracks, including several long ones on the barrel, the latter glued in places, notably under the barrel; old oxidation; missing ramrod. FATOU, harquebusier harquebusier de l'Empereur et des Princes, active rue du Baq [sic] in Paris between 1780 and 1820.