Russia and Britain. To commemorate the 450th Anniversary of diplomatic relations
Pistols

Pair of belt pistols
London, 1600-1610-s.
Barrel maker Thomas Southwick (?)
Decorator of the barrel Stephen Russell (?)
Steel, wood, mother-of-pearl; forging, carving, gold inlay, engraving, incrustation, gilding
Total length: 712 cm.
Length of barrels  478 cm.
Calibre: 13 mm
Moscow Kremlin Museums
inv. no. ОР-2800, ОР-2802

Pair of belt pistols
London, 1610-s.
Steel, wood, copper alloy, mother-of-pearl, bone, fabric, carving, gold inlay, incrustation, engraving, gilding
Total length: 565 cm
Length of barrels: 362 cm
Calibre: 11 mm.
Moscow Kremlin Museums
inv. no. ОР-288, ОР-289
Presented by Zhdan Shypov, Dyak of theAmbassadorial Office, to Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich in 1613. (?)

Pair of belt pistols
London, 1617
Steel, copper alloy, wood, mother-of-pearl, bone, cone, carving, gold inlay, incrustation, engraving
Total lengh: 470, 473 cm.
Length of barrels: 307 cm.
Calibre:  10 mm.
Moscow Kremlin Museums
inv. no. ОР-286, ОР-287
Presented by Prince Afanasy Lobanov-Rostovsky (?) to Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich

Pair of belt pistols
Moscow, Armoury Workshop, first quarter of the XVIIth century
Maker pervusha (Pervoy) Isaev
Steel, silver, wood, mother-of-pearl, engraving, incrustation, gilding, silvering
Total length: 580 cm
Length of barrels: 359 cm
Calibre: 16 mm
Moscow kremlin Museums
inv. no. ОР-156, ОР-157
Pistiols executed  following the English model

Pair of belt pistols
Moscow, Armoury Workshop, 1670- 1682
Maker Filipp Timofeyev Ulyanov
Steel, bone, silver; forging, carving, filigree, gold inlay, blueing, gilding
Total length: 680 cm.
Length of barrels: 485 cm.
Calibre: 12.5 mm.
Moscow Kremlin Museums
inv. no. ОР-113, ОР-114