Pair of general officer's flintlock pistols. Twelve-panel barrels, then four-panel thunderbolts with hairline stripes, signed "Boutet Directeur Artiste" on the left side and "Manufacture à Versailles" on the right side, hallmarked "NB", "JBC", "LG" and "NB" (variant). Plates signed "Boutet à Versailles" and flat-bodied swan-neck dogs. Round iron pans with large spark arrestors. Steel trimmings, cut, plain. Silver-tipped iron rods. Oval silver knobs chased with the head of Jupiter on a radiant background and lightning bolts. Walnut crossbars, finely squared and carved, with plain flat backs. Length: 39 cm B.E. (two small cracks on the breech shanks). First Empire period