A Rare PAIR/BRACE of British Military Style Flintlock Pistols by RICHARDS

French & Indian War - American Revolutionary War Period A Rare PAIR/BRACE of Antique British Military Style Flintlock Pistols by RICHARDS, circa. 1750's.  10", .68 caliber round steel barrels both stamped with early oval "PROOF" and "VIEW" marks with the barrel makers mark in-between "T R" (Thomas Richards).  The convex locks are simply marked "RICHARDS" and made with early pans without bridles and early frizzen spring finials.  Both pistols are in their original flintlock configuration.  The brass furniture consists of butt caps and wrist escutcheons with decorative engraving and stylized Dragonesque or Serpent side plates.  The trigger guards have round globular finials that are in the early form of those encountered on examples made during the Queen Anne through King George I period and are very similar to the Royal Navy Sea Service pattern.  The stocks have carved military style raised Beavertail aprons around the barrel tangs and are solid with light scratches and dings from y