Fine pair of officer's flintlock pistols. Rifled barrels, slightly blunderbussed at the muzzles, blued, patinated, decorated with gold and signed "Aumont à Paris", hallmarked "HR" under crown, embellished with clouds and lightning. Breech tails engraved with creatures. Turntables signed "Aumont à Paris", finely engraved on the tails and borders, with round-bodied swan-neck hammers. Iron basins with large spark arrestors. Adjustable triggers. Cut, engraved and chased iron fittings decorated with flowering basins, animals, foliage, jellyfish heads and villages. Round knobs. Fine walnut stocks, carved with scales, with flat backs and short shafts. Length: 33 cm B.E. (barrels and fittings slightly patinated). Circa 1780. AUMONT Arquebusier in Paris, well referenced under the Empire.