Pair of officer's flintlock pistols. Flush-faced barrels, slightly blunderbussed at the muzzle, stamped with Leclerc thunderbolts with gold background remnants. Lock signed "Ant Chapon à St Etienne". Engraved iron fittings with floral basket and foliage. Flat-bottomed caps, walnut grips, horn-tipped ramrods. Length: 30 cm Circa 1780-1800. A.B.E. (the dogs do not hang, one dog jaw later). Antoine Chapon (Cadet), harquebusier in Saint Etienne, circa 1780.