A pair of fully stocked brass mounted flintlock pistols by Johan Andreas Kuchenreuter c 1770 with flat butts, butt caps with short finals, locks with slightly rounded forms marked J. A. KUCHENREUTER in a band, set triggers, gilded flash pans, side plates in plate, c 28,8 cm long octagonal barrels in calibre c 13 mm inlaid with IOH ANDRE KUCHENREITER in silver and his makers marks. The barrels have folding back sights and are marked 1 and 2 on the tangs. The wooden ramrods end in horn like the fore-stocks and is held by two round pipes. The stocks are well preserved and finely carved around the metal with roses behind the tangs. The mounts were originally gilded, and some gild remains. Johan Andreas Kuchenreuter 1758–1808 worked in Steinweg near Regensburg and was court maker to the princes von Thurn und Taxis.
Some of the original colour and gilding preserved.
Condition report available on request.