Pair of flintlock pommel pistols. Round barrels with thunderbolts, stamped with a Spanish "Sala" hallmark under the crown. Lock plates signed "Bonnard à Valence" and engraved and chased flat-bodied hammers. Spark arrestor basins. Silver fittings. Long-eared knobs featuring a male bust on one and a female bust on the other. Leafy counter plates. Walnut mounts. Partly carved, long-stemmed crossbars with silver "CAF" letters inlaid on the backs. Wooden sticks with horn tips. Length : 40 cm A.B.E. Circa 1780 (one hammer re-welded, fracture on one barrel, fracture on the other barrel, one hammer screw later). BONNARD Michel-Appolinaire: Harquebusier born in 1763 in Valence (Drôme). Worked with weapons from the age of 13, became chief armorer at the Tournon military school in 1792, arms verifier in the workshops of the Army of Italy (An IV), appointed controller by MARMONT (An X) then second controller at the Manufacture de Saint-Etienne (An XIII) until his death in 1821. SALA Antoine, arms manufacturer in Barcelona, 1760-1785.