Officer's flintlock pistol. Round barrel with thunder-flat, blued and patinated with remnants of gold decoration and the words "canon tordu" ("twisted barrel"). Silver mir point. Lock signed "Maule au Regt de Lescure Dragont". Chased and line-decorated iron fittings. Varnished walnut stock. Wooden ramrod with horn tip. Barrel length: 20.5 cm - Overall length: 36 cm A.B.E. (minor pitting and wear). Circa 1780. Provenance: Former Jarlier collection. Arquebusier "au régiment de Lescure Dragont" (sic) on a Louis XVI period pistol. This regiment, the 17th Dragons, belonged to M. LESCURE and was stationed in Niort in 1784-1787. A harquebusier by the name of MAULE was found in Niort (Deux-Sèvres) in the 19th century.