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

Johan Adolph Grecke · Russian

Date: 1786

Medium: Steel, ivory, gold, brass

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

Classification: Firearms-Pistols-Flintlock

Culture: Russian, Saint Petersburg

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

Met highlight

Date range

1786 – 1786

Largest dimension

36.8 cm

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