The only known matching pair of singing bird pistols. Sold for $5.8 million. Around the early 1800s.
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More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_bird_box
Previously:
1908 Bergmann engraved pistol - photo
1700s four barrel flintlock pistol - photo
17th century decorative pistol - photo
1813 inverted flintlock pistol - photo
19th century French harmonica pistol - photo
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