A fine silver mounted flintlock pistol by Poncet a Pontarlier c 1730 with a cast butt cap in silver decorated with a female bust and military attributes, blank crowned escutcheon held by two lions above a grotesque mask, flat lock steel carved and inlaid with gold on the cock and at the back marked PONCET A PONTARLIER on the front and A. CLOVPET on the inner side, pierced side plate with an antique warrior and a dragons head, trigger guard ending in a vase decorated with military attributes, c 32,5 cm long two-stage barrel in calibre c 15 mm inlaid with gold at the muzzle and above the powder chamber. The fore-stock ends in wood and the wooden ramrod is held by two round ramrod pipes.
The butt and fore-stock profesionally repaired.