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A Rare French 20-Bore Robert Patent D.B. Breech-Loading Percussion Centre-Fire Sporting GunSigned Fusil Robert Bté A Paris, No. 140. C20D, Circa 1835
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,040 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Rare French 20-Bore Robert Patent D.B. Breech-Loading Percussion Centre-Fire Sporting Gun
Signed Fusil Robert Bté A Paris, No. 140. C20D, Circa 1835
Signed Fusil Robert Bté A Paris, No. 140. C20D, Circa 1835
With rebrowned twist sighted barrels each stamped with maker's mark of Jean Nicolas Leclerc (Neue Støckel 187) at the breech, signed in gold along the damascus twist rib and struck with a series of marks, bright hinged breech-cover engraved with foliage and inscribed 'Academie De L'Indie Francaise, Médaille D'Or 1833' within a circle, engraved integral release-catch held by a catch in the comb of the butt, figured maple half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, the latter carved with foliage at the end, and steel mounts comprising butt-plate engraved with foliage on the tang, and trigger-guard with a martial trophy on the bow
72.9 cm. barrels
72.9 cm. barrels
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Provenance:
Sotheby's Olympia, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 26 June 2003, lot 209
Robert's patent dates from 1831, with additions in 1832 and 1835. It was one of the first hammerless breech-loading systems








