Double-Barreled Flintlock Shotgun with Exchangeable Percussion Locks and Barrels ca. 1818–20; exchangeable percussion locks and barrels, dated 1860 Nicolas Noël Boutet French Perhaps the richest and most beautiful gun from the last phase of Boutet’s long career, this firearm was made by him after the Restoration of the monarchy in France in 1815. Its exuberant decoration is reminiscent of the style fashionable before the revolution in 1789. The gun was so appreciated by its owner that, in 1860, he commissioned a group of skillful gunmakers to produce a similarly decorated set of barrels and lo
Double-Barreled Flintlock Shotgun with Exchangeable Percussion Locks and Barrels ca. 1818–20; exchangeable percussion locks and barrels, dated 1860 Nicolas Noël Boutet French Perhaps the richest and most beautiful gun from the last phase of Boutet’s long career, this firearm was made by him after the Restoration of the monarchy in France in 1815. Its exuberant decoration is reminiscent of the style fashionable before the revolution in 1789. The gun was so appreciated by its owner that, in 1860, he commissioned a group of skillful gunmakers to produce a similarly decorated set of barrels and locks using percussion caps, an advanced method of ignition developed after Double-Barreled Flintlock Shotgun with Exchangeable Percussion Locks and Barrels. French, Versailles and Paris. ca. 1818–20; exchangeable percussion locks and barrels, dated 1860. Steel, gold, wood (walnut), silver, horn. Versailles and Paris. Firearms
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