Pair of Flintlock Pistols of Empress Catherine the Great (1729–1796)
Object type: Pair of flintlock pistols
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Russian, Saint Petersburg
Artist: Johan Adolph Grecke
Artist bio: Russian, Saint Petersburg, recorded 1755–90
Artist role: Gunsmith
Artist nationality: Russian
Date: 1786
Medium: Steel, ivory, gold, brass
Dimensions: L. of each 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
Classification: Firearms-Pistols-Flintlock
Geography:  Saint Petersburg     
Credit line: Gift of John M. Schiff, in memory of Edith Baker Schiff, 1986
Accession year: 1986