Pair of Flintlock Pistols

ca. 1707 20 1/16 in. (51 cm) Citation Source image

This pair of pistols bears the arms of the young Johan Willem Friso (1687-1711), prince of Orange. He came of age (legal maturity) in 1707, and the pistols may have been presented to him then. He was a successful military commander and "stadholder" of the provinces of Frieslan...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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