Pair of Flintlock Pistols of Empress Catherine the Great (1729–1796)

Medium

Steel, ivory, gold, brass

Dimensions

L. of each 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)

Classification

Firearms-Pistols-Flintlock

Culture

Russian, Saint Petersburg

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of John M. Schiff, in memory of Edith Baker Schiff, 1986

Accession Number

1986.265.1, .2