veitstanzproject reblogged
A pistol dating from circa 1600-1625 made of steel, silver, wood, mother-of-pearl; engraved, encrusted, gilded, silver-gilt in the Moscow Kremlin Armoury workshops by the master Pervusha (Pervoy) Isaev whose maker’s mark in the form of a swan in a shield are featured on the lock plates. The lock-plates are engraved with floral ornament and a depiction of a subject popular in both Russian and made in the Russian Kremlin Armory Workshops, Moscow.