A Pair of Belgian Silver-Mounted Flintlock Pistols by H. Meunier/Pair of Belgian Silver-Mounted Flintlock Pistols, H. Meunier

Octagonal smoothbore barrels pass through a turned ring into cylindrical, 15 mm calibre barrels. Flintlocks with bombarded lock plates, bear the signature "H. Meunier A Liege". The arms all painted, the walnut stocks lightly carved, the silver garniture with relief decoration in the form of mascots and grotesque figures. Barrel surface cleaned. Luthier circa 1770, length of both pistols 38 cm. H. Meunier commemorated in Liege in 1764.

The octagonal plain barrel passes through a turned ring into a cylindrical one, 15 mm calibre. Flintlocks with bombarded lock plates, bearing the signature 'H. Meunier A Liege". The arms all painted, the walnut stocks lightly carved, the silver garniture with relief decoration in the form of mascots and grotesque figures. Barrel surface cleaned. Luthier circa 1770, length of both pistols 38 cm. H. Meunier commemorated in Liege in 1764.