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Extrem hochwertig gearbeitete, frühe Stein- schlosspistolen mit hervorragendem Eisen- schnitt. A pair of deluxe chiselled flintlock pistols, Cunet, Lyons, ca. 1660 The round, double-stepped, Italian export bar- rels with reinforced muzzles. Smooth bore in 14.5 mm calibre. Fine decorative fluting at the breeches, struck with the inscription “Lazari Cominaz”. The exquisite flintlocks with deli- cately engraved décor. A standing female fig- ure on the lock plates, holding a banner signed “Cunet à Lion” in her hands. The cocks, friz- zens and springs with finely chiselled embel- lishments. Iron suspension bars screwed onto the side opposite the lock, the bases intricately engraved. The full stocks in finely grained wal- nut, with chiselled and engraved iron furnitures. The engraved iron pommels tapering into fully sculptured, chiselled mascarons. The original wooden ramrods with horn tips. Length 47.5 cm. Claude Cunet is known to have been a gunsmith in Lyons in 1651. The early flintlock pistols wrought with excep- tional workmanship, featuring outstanding chiselling. 261781 II + € 15.000