# Pair of Flintlock Pistols of Empress Catherine the Great (1729–1796)

- By: Johan Adolph Grecke (Russian, Saint Petersburg, recorded 1755–90)
- Date: 1786
- Medium: Steel, ivory, gold, brass
- Classification: Firearms-Pistols-Flintlock
- Dimensions: L. of each 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
- Culture: Russian, Saint Petersburg
- Credit line: Gift of John M. Schiff, in memory of Edith Baker Schiff, 1986
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/24927)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/aa/web-large/LC-1986_265_1_2-009.jpg
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