Gold Embellished Flintlock Pistol for id.

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Originally Posted by corrado26

At least the very ornated sideplate the material of which differs much from the other mounts is probably a French attribution. See the the fotos of very similar examples of sideplates of French gunmakers GIRAUD, LAMOTTE and TEZENAS, all working iin the years about 1750/60.
corrado26

Hi Corrado

Yes, it is interesting that many of these Eastern pistols immitated styling cues from French pistols of the first half of the 18th Century. And that styling seemed to remain popular for a long time.

Rick