The smoothbore barrel has a rounded blade front sight, "G. MASSIN A LUTTICH" signed on the sighting flat, and ornate low relief engraving with gilt background at the breech. The same style of engraving backed with gold is featured on the flat beveled "banana" profile lock and the iron furniture. The stock has very attractive stylized molding and flats. Gilles Massin is recorded as active around 1730-1740 and was active in the Belgian arms making center of Liege, "Luttich" being the German name for Liege. The pistol is featured in "The Visser Collection Vol. 1 Part 4" by G. de Vries and B.J. Martens, cat. no. 889, pages 474-475. Provenance: The Henk L. Visser Collection; Property of a Gentleman