Pair of officer's flintlock pistols by Delety, arquebusier to Monsieur, the King's brother. Round barrels with thunderbolts and fully engraved, gilded and blued muzzles decorated with music trophies, exploding clouds and the signature "Delety à Paris". Turntables signed "Delety Arqsier de Monsieur à Paris" and round-bodied swan-neck dogs engraved with lines and decorated with foliage. Silver thumbpieces engraved with the Troterel family coat of arms under a marquis crown. Chased iron trimmings engraved with foliage and trophies of arms. Chased-iron long-eared caps decorated with foliage and interlacing. Flower-decorated cap nails. Crosses in walnut, finely carved with foliate roses. Rods with horn tips and iron lozenges (insect holes). Length: 36 cm Circa 1780. A.B.E. Presented after the 19th century in a walnut case sheathed in green cloth with bullet mould, screwdriver and screwdriver. Case dimensions: 40 x 22 x 7 cm Delety, listed at 190 rue Coquillère in 1798, was harquebusier to Monsieur, Comte de Provence, the future Louis XVIII, around 1780.