COULAUX, à Strasbourg, fin du XVIIIème siècle, modifié au XIXème siècle Superior officer's flintlock pistol, modified with percussion on capsule. Flat-body lock, signed "Coulaux A Strabourg". Octagonal barrel ornamented with fillets, dotted lines, ribbons, flaming ball and thunderbolt, signed "COULEAUX A STRASBOURG" and marked "CANON TORDU". Thin "hair" stripes. Cal. 15 mm. Under barrel signed "Giraud Dumares[t]" with heraldic lion, marked "TORDU" and letters A.C. Tailstock with nets and scrolls. Long shaft and stock in walnut with four squared reserves, carved with a leafy base. Silver trimmings (950 / min. 800) chased in half round bump of trophies, flowery scrolls, fire pot, the pommel with splints, in suite, centered of a helmet empanaché. Piece of thumb in medallion (virgin). Without punches. The trigger guard has a Swan mark. Rod in dewlap with ends in bone or spiral metal. Barrel length: 24.2 cm - Total length: 39.4 cm - Gross weight: 996 g. Some scratches and small shocks from use; trigger guard trim to be reattached, a splint point held by a brass nail; small surface oxidation to the metal parts; eats and small cracks to the ramrod. Jacques COULAUX (1762 -1834), harquebusier active in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) and Huningue (Haut-Rhin) around 1780-1800. From 1801, he takes the direction of the manufacture of Klingenthal, with his brother Julien under the name of Coulaux Brothers. Jean-Bapstiste GIRAUD DUMAREST (1766-1824), harquebusier and gunner in Saint Étienne.