Double Barrel Flintlock Holster Pistol c1740

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The lock and top barrel on this Double Barrel Flintlock Holster pistol is marked “Wistaller”, and the bottom barrel is marked "a Olmitz". Some maker information from a similarly marked pistol was found in Thomas Delmar's Summer 2008 catalog, but it was not attributed.

Georg Wisthaler (active 1718-50) apprenticed in Vienna and later worked for the Bishop of Olmütz, present day Oloumec, in Moravia.

Can anyone contribute some additional information on this maker?

During the same period there is a maker with a similar name, Johann Georg Wisthaler, noted in Munich which is 380 miles away from Oloumec.

Any comments are welcome.

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