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Double-Barreled Flintlock Shotgun with Exchangeable Percussion Locks and Barrels

Nicolas Noël Boutet

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Double-barreled flintlock shotgun with exchangeable percussion locks and barrels. The shotgun has a brown and gold stock. The metal parts of the shotgun are gold and silver with floral engravings. The stock is on the left. The two barrels are beside the stock on the right. Two percussion locks are on the bottom right. The background is gray.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1818–20; exchangeable percussion locks and barrels, dated 1860
Medium:
Steel, gold, wood (walnut), silver, horn
Culture:
French, Versailles and Paris
Dimensions:
599 × 368 px
Museum record:
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