A Pair Of French 22-Bore Flintlock PistolsBy Allevin A Paris, Paris Silver Charge And Decharge Marks For 1775With barrels (old rust patination) originally blued and with gilt lines around each muzzle, a gilt explosion around each silver fore-sight, signed top flats retaining traces of gilding and flanked by differing gilt trophies, the rear of each breech with gilt barrelsmiths' marks of Leclerc (Neue Stockel 182), border engraved tangs decorated with foliage, signed border engraved bright flat bevelled locks, cocks and steels en suite, highly figured moulded full stocks (fore-ends split and repaired, one stock split beneath the lock) each carved with foliage in low relief behind the rear ramrod-pipe and barrel tang, mounts comprising silver spur pommels (one spur repaired) each cast with a fleur-de-lys on both sides, pommel-caps en suit and each centred on an engraved wreath, border engraved flat bevelled steel side-plates each with fleur-de-lys terminal, steel trigger-guards en suite and with urn-shaped finial surmounted by a further fleur-de-lys, turned spirally-grooved ramrod-pipes, and original horn-tipped ramrods each with steel cap (2)21.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:The maker is almost certainly Jean-Baptist-Claude Allevin who is said to have been gunmaker to the royal hunt at the Louvre