“Pair of Flintlock Pistols of Empress Catherine the Great” Imperial Russia, 1786. Material: Steel, ivory, gold, brass. Gunsmith: Johan Adolph Grecke [4000x2728]
I’ve been in Catherine’s Winter Palace and this is honestly some of the least ornate stuff she had. She would have made a hell of an episode of Cribs like, “Hey MTV I’m Catherine and this is my crib: check out my room made of rubies, my room made of emeralds, my room made of amber; hope nobody invents communism soon lol! ;)”
just a psa to my followers who might find themselves in the wilderness at some point; if you see a giant mushroom you can use it as a bouncepad to reach higher areas
