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ca. 1425–30 Virgin and Child Master of Rabenden 1510–15 Pair of Flintlock Pistols
Inscription: Inscribed on the brass side straps: IHESVS AVTEM TRANSIENS PERMEDIVM ILLORVM IBAT AMEN (But Jesus passing through their midst went his way. – John 8:59); SO MAN ALIR DING GELT SO IST RETHT VON DAS BEST (If the claims are valid, the justice[resulting] from them is the best)
1525 Helm for the Joust of Peace (Stechhelm) ca. 1500 Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol
(known as a harquebus) carried at the right side on a shoulder belt, a pair of pistols
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1915 Breastplate Giovan Paolo Negroli ca. 1540–45 Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol
The gilt surface must be polished and burnished, but when complete it is bright and lustrous, a fitting decoration for masterwork arms and armor.
Spanish, possibly Granada late 15th–early 16th century Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol
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settings went out of fashion at the end of the eighteenth century, at which time pistols
Cranach first treated the theme of Venus and Cupid in 1509, both in a woodcut showing the figures in a landscape setting, and in a life-size painting (State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg) in which the figures are shown against a black background
„Talking about Sale-Rooms: Handsome Pistol, Haunting Crucifix.“
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German Fashion) Italian, Milan ca. 1510 Cased Set of a Flintlock Rifle, a Pair of Pistols
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Handle (Kozuka) Japanese ca. 1615–1868 Five Appliqué Figures China Ramrod for Pistol
