A silver-mounted French double barrel percussion shotgun by Boutet
The 33 3/4 inch side-by-side 16 gauge barrels engraved at the breeches with florals and sunbursts, the concave rib engraved and gilt with florals and inscribed Boutet A Versailles Cn. Tordu; gilt fore-sight framed by engraved and gilt sunbursts. Border engraved locks signed sequentially Boutet/A Versailles. Silver furniture including lion mask fore-end cap; triggerguard cast and chased with scrolls and florals, the bow with a panoply of armor a la antique; buttplate, the finial and scalloped rims with small panels en suite to triggerguard. Walnut half-stock, the pistolgrip carved in full relief as a lion's head.
Condition: Good to very good. Barrels and locks with grey metal showing scattered staining/minor pitting. Stock with scattered marks, replaced fore-end and with repaired crack to the wrist.
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