The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pair of Flintlock Duelling Pistols

Simeon North

ca. 1815–20

Attribution

Simeon North American, Middletown, Connecticut, 1765–1852

Medium

Steel, gold, silver, wood (walnut, hickory), horn

Physical dimensions

L. of each 15 3/4 in. (40 cm); L. of barrel of each 10 in. (25.4 cm); Cal. of each .56 in. (14.2 mm); Wt. of 96.5.36, 2 lb. 2 oz. (964 g); Wt. of 96.5.149, 2 lb. (907 g)

Credit line

John Stoneacre Ellis Collection, Gift of Mrs. Ellis and Augustus Van Horne Ellis, 1896