Long pair of flintlock pommel pistols. Sixteen-sided barrels - Lot 158

Long pair of flintlock pommel pistols. Sixteen-sided barrels, slightly truncated towards the muzzles, and eight-sided barrels, grooved at the thunderbolts, signed "Lazzaro Lazzerino Cominazo". Flat-bodied gooseneck locks and hammers, finely engraved with warrior figures, dogs and foliage. Round basins with large spark arrestors and chased battery springs. Brass fittings, cut, chased and engraved with interlacing and foliage. Long-eared, line-decorated knobs with grotesque-head nails. Carved and openworked counterplates decorated with foliage. Thumb rests decorated with dogs and interlacing. Walnut crosses with long horn-tipped shafts. Wooden sticks with horn tips. A.B.E. Netherlands, circa 1690/1700 (arms restored, minor wood repairs and minor pitting on barrels). Length: 52.3 cm. Cal. 16 mm. These pistols were assembled with imported barrels from the Cominazzi, a dynasty of harquebusiers based in Gardone.