Pair of general officer's flintlock pistols in accordance with the Vendémiaire An XII regulations. bronzed, patinated, slightly blunderbussed muzzles, decorated with gold fillets, signed on the top "Lepage ARQer de Mté n°197". Numbered "N°1136" and dated "1809" on the underside. Silver barley grains. Plates signed "Lepage à Paris", numbered "N°1136" and dated "1809" on the inside; flat-bodied swan-neck dogs (one repaired). Upper jaws numbered "197". Iron basins with large spark arrestors. Steel fittings, patinated, cut and plain. Eight-sided, hallmarked silver Gorgon-head caps. Long-barreled walnut crossbars, checkered. Wooden sticks with horn and brass tips. Title mark 1st cock Paris 950, 1798-1809, medium guarantee mark Paris. B.E. (patina, traces of use). First Empire period.