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Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519–56), Peter Peck German, Steel, gold, wood (cherry), staghorn, German, Munich — Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519–56)
Peter Peck
Ambrosius Gemlich
ca. 1540–45

Pair of Flintlock Pistols of Empress Catherine the Great (1729–1796), Johan Adolph Grecke Russian, Steel, ivory, gold, brass, Russian, Saint Petersburg — Pair of Flintlock Pistols of Empress Catherine the Great (1729–1796)
Johan Adolph Grecke
1786

Cased Set of a Flintlock Rifle, a Pair of Pistols, and Accessories, Nicolas Noël Boutet French, Steel, wood (walnut, mahogany), silver, gold, horn, velvet, French, Versailles — Cased Set of a Flintlock Rifle, a Pair of Pistols, and Accessories
Nicolas Noël Boutet
ca. 1800

Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Pinfire Shotgun, J. C. A. Brun French, Steel, wood (walnut), gold, French, Paris — Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Pinfire Shotgun
Multiple artists/makers
dated 1866

Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406, Samuel Colt American, Steel, brass, gold, wood (walnut), American, Hartford, Connecticut — Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, serial no. 12406
Samuel Colt
ca. 1853

Wheellock Pistol, Felix Werder Swiss, Steel, bronze, wood (beech), silver, Swiss, Zürich — Wheellock Pistol
Felix Werder
dated 1630

Pair of Wheellock Pistols Made for the Bodyguard of the Prince-Elector of Saxony, Simon Helbig German, Steel, gold, brass, staghorn, wood (beech), German, Dresden — Pair of Wheellock Pistols Made for the Bodyguard of the Prince-Elector of Saxony
Simon Helbig
Hans Fleischer
ca. 1610

Pair of Wheellock Pistols Made for the Bodyguard of the Prince-Elector of Saxony, Zacharias Herold German, Steel, wood, silver, gold, brass, German, Dresden — Pair of Wheellock Pistols Made for the Bodyguard of the Prince-Elector of Saxony
Zacharias Herold
ca. 1590

Pair of Flintlock Pistols, Leonardus Graeff Aachen, Steel, gold, silver, ivory, Southern Netherlandish, Aachen — Pair of Flintlock Pistols
Leonardus Graeff
ca. 1675–85

Pair of Flintlock Pistols Made for Ferdinand IV, King of Naples and Sicily (1751–1825), Royal Arms Manufactory at Torre Annunziata Italian, Steel, gold, wood (walnut), silver, Italo-Spanish, Naples — Pair of Flintlock Pistols Made for Ferdinand IV, King of Naples and Sicily (1751–1825)
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1768

Pair of Pistols with Flintlocks a la moda, Gabriel de Algora Spanish, Steel, wood (walnut), gold, silver, horn, Spanish, Madrid — Pair of Pistols with Flintlocks a la moda
Gabriel de Algora
ca. 1735–40

Pair of Pistols with Flintlocks a Las Tres Modas, Workshop of the Ybarzabel family Spanish, Steel, gold, wood (walnut), Spanish, Eibar — Pair of Pistols with Flintlocks a Las Tres Modas
Workshop of the Ybarzabel family
late 18th century

Cased Pair of Flintlock Pistols with Accessories, François Pirmet French, Steel, gold, wood (walnut, mahogany), silver, tortoiseshell, velvet, French, Paris — Cased Pair of Flintlock Pistols with Accessories
François Pirmet
Nicolas Noël Boutet
ca. 1810

Percussion Pistol, Steel, silver, gold, niello, Caucasian, probably Tbilisi, Georgia or Dagestan — Percussion Pistol
Caucasian, probably Tbilisi, Georgia or Dagestan
mid-19th century; barrel, dated A.H. 1207/1792–93 CE; lock, ca. 1825–50

Pair of Flintlock Pistols Made for Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth-Kulmbach, Charles Froment French, Steel, wood, silver, Franco-German, Erlangen-Neustadt — Pair of Flintlock Pistols Made for Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth-Kulmbach
Charles Froment
M. Bréat
ca. 1686–90

Pair of Wheellock Pistols, François Du Clos French, Steel, gold, brass, wood, silver, mother-of-pearl, French, Paris — Pair of Wheellock Pistols
François Du Clos
Thomas Picquot
ca. 1640

Hand Cannon, Kazuki Nobumichi Japanese, Iron, gold, silver, wood, brass, Japanese — Hand Cannon
Kazuki Nobumichi
barrel late 18th–early 19th century; stock, dated 1865

Pair of Wheellock Pistols, Steel, brass, gold, ivory, Dutch, Maastricht — Pair of Wheellock Pistols
Dutch, Maastricht
ca. 1655–65

Pair of Wheellock Pistols, Etienne Delaune French, Steel, gold, silver, brass, wood (walnut), staghorn, pigment, French — Pair of Wheellock Pistols
Etienne Delaune
ca. 1570–80

Pair of Miquelet Pistols, Steel, wood, brass, Spanish, Catalonia — Pair of Miquelet Pistols
Spanish, Catalonia
dated 1687

Pair of Wheellock Pistols, Pierre Le Bourgeois French, Steel, gold, wood, silver, mother-of-pearl, French, Lisieux — Pair of Wheellock Pistols
Pierre Le Bourgeois
ca. 1610–20

Wheellock Pistol Made for Maximilian I of Bavaria (1573–1651), Emanuel Sadeler German, Steel, gold, German, Munich — Wheellock Pistol Made for Maximilian I of Bavaria (1573–1651)
Emanuel Sadeler
ca. 1600–1610

Flintlock Pistol, Steel, iron, wood (walnut), possibly Belgian, Liege — Flintlock Pistol
possibly Belgian, Liege
ca. 1650

Pair of Miquelet Pistols, Francisco Pintan Spanish or Mexican, Steel, wood (family leguminosae), silver, Colonial Spanish, probably Mexico — Pair of Miquelet Pistols
Francisco Pintan
dated 1757

Hunting Knife Combined with Wheellock Pistol, Ambrosius Gemlich German, Steel, gold, staghorn, bronze, German, Munich — Hunting Knife Combined with Wheellock Pistol
Ambrosius Gemlich
blade ca. 1528–29, etched with a calendar for the years 1529–34; barrel dated 1540 or 1546

Wheellock Pistol, Steel, gold, copper, wood, horn, German, Augsburg — Wheellock Pistol
German, Augsburg
ca. 1560–70

Wheellock Carbine, Steel, wood (beech), brass, gold, pigment, staghorn, French — Wheellock Carbine
French
ca. 1610–15

Wheellock Pistol, Peter Danner German, Steel, bronze, gold, wood (walnut), staghorn, German, Nuremberg — Wheellock Pistol
Peter Danner
ca. 1580

Double-Barreled, Double-Wheellock Pistol, Steel, copper, gold, leather, German, Augsburg — Double-Barreled, Double-Wheellock Pistol
German, Augsburg
ca. 1580

Wheellock Pistol, Steel, wood (maple), mother-of-pearl, brass, gold, French — Wheellock Pistol
French
ca. 1600–1610

Double-Barreled Flintlock Shotgun, François Pirmet French, Steel, wood (walnut), silver, gold, French, Paris — Double-Barreled Flintlock Shotgun
François Pirmet
Jean Le Clerc
dated 1809

Pair of Flintlock Pistols, Girolamo Francino Italian, Steel, wood (walnut), Italian, Brescia — Pair of Flintlock Pistols
Girolamo Francino
ca. 1650–60

Pair of Pistols with Flintlocks alla Fiorentina, Cristiano Leoni Italian, Steel, wood, Italian, Pistoia — Pair of Pistols with Flintlocks alla Fiorentina
Cristiano Leoni
ca. 1750–75

Cased Pair of Double-Barreled Turn-Off Flintlock Pistols, Jean Lepage French, Steel, wood (boxwood), brass, velvet, French, Paris — Cased Pair of Double-Barreled Turn-Off Flintlock Pistols
Jean Lepage
Fleury Montagny
ca. 1800

Matchlock Petronel, Steel, wood, bone, French — Matchlock Petronel
French
ca. 1570–80

Wheellock Mechanism for a Pistol, Bronze, steel, gold, French — Wheellock Mechanism for a Pistol
French
ca. 1620

Miquelet Pistol, Steel, silver, niello, leather, ivory, gold, Caucasian, possibly Georgia or Circassia — Miquelet Pistol
Caucasian, possibly Georgia or Circassia
dated A.H. 1263/1846–47 CE

Miquelet Pistol, Steel, wood, silver, copper alloy (niello), Caucasian, Tbilisi, Georgia, or Dagestan — Miquelet Pistol
Caucasian, Tbilisi, Georgia, or Dagestan
ca. 1830–50

Snaphaunce Pistol Made for Wilhelm, Duke of Kurland, Steel, gold, silver, wood (brazilwood), Scottish — Snaphaunce Pistol Made for Wilhelm, Duke of Kurland
Scottish
dated 1615

Pair of Wheellock Pistols, Giovan Antonio Gavacciolo Italian, Steel, wood (walnut), Italian, Brescia — Pair of Wheellock Pistols
Giovan Antonio Gavacciolo
Lazarino Cominazzo
mid-17th century