Kentucky pistols are very scarce and production was limited compared to rifles and fowling pieces and are very rarely found as matched pairs. Higher end pistols like these certainly command a premium. The consignor noted that these pistols bear a strong similarity to the Funk pistol pictured on pg. 225 in James Johnson's "Kentucky Rifles & Pistols 1750-1850". Funk was active in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, in the early 19th century. The pair also shares features with pistols by Nicholas Hawk and others featured in the book. They have rifled barrels with circle and dot patterns on the muzzles, silver blade front sight, notch rear sights, and border designs at the breech ends. The locks have blank ovals with floral finials at the centers and light border designs. The forend caps, wedge escutcheons, ramrod pipes, trigger guard, lock screw washers, wrist escutcheons, and wrist panels are all silver. The full-length stocks are curly maple and have a flat sided "birds head" profile popularized on late 18th century English dueling pistols.

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