This pistol was part of a pair brought to the U.S. from Germany in 1950 by a soldier per the consignor. The whereabouts of its mate are not known. The pistol has no identifying markings but is very c. 1740 Germanic/Dutch in style. It has a very ornate smoothbore barrel with raised silver inlaid angels/seraphim or harpy motifs along with floral accents on the breech section with textured backgrounds. The fore-section and visible sides of the barrel are also fully engraved. The furniture is all iron. The pierced sideplate is an ornate scrolling design with two masks. The pommel cap has another mask on the stud, heart designs at the bases of the tendrils, and circle designs. The stock has attractive raised relief molding and flats, and relief floral carving at the barrel tang and ramrod entry pipe. A wood ramrod with iron flat on the tip rides under the barrel.