Beautiful double flintlock shotgun by - Lot 369

Lot n° 369
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6000 - 8000 EUR
Beautiful double flintlock shotgun by - Lot 369
Beautiful double flintlock shotgun by LE PAGE, Emperor's harquebusier. Table-top barrels, ribbons, damascus, signed in thunderbolts gold "LE PAGE A PARIS", dated below "1812". Silver sights, gold embellished at the base. Turntables signed "LE PAGE A PARIS" and "ARQer DE L'EMPEREUR", engraved with foliage, and flat-bodied swan-neck dogs. Bassinets with double scrolls, trimmed in silver. Plain cut-iron fittings. Partially checkered tiger walnut cheek stock, carved with a stylized duckbill. Wooden ramrod with bone tip (minor wear to the gold). B.E. First Empire period (1812). Jean LEPAGE (1779-1822) was a famous French gunsmith. He worked for Louis XVI, Napoleon and Louis XVIII. He invented fulminate-based percussion systems for firearms, which replaced flintlock mechanisms and paved the way for modern firearms.
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