Hi Jean-Marc,
It is only now that I noticed your thread.
This is a characteristic pair of Historismus decorative pistols (Victorian copies) which clearly show a crude mix of different styles, based on ca. 1630's plain and undecorated horseman's pistols (form of the locks, barrels and stocks) combined with 'puffer style' ball butts that would be typical of the 1570's.
The stock inlay is mere fantasy and the barrel marks and decoration revoke 18th and 19th c. East European paragons.
I am convinced that none of the parts is original and that the inside mechanism, especially the quality of the springs, is of decorative nature only.
Best,
Michael
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