Pauly system double percussion shotgun , caliber 14.7 mm. 75 cm round barrels in table, with patina, marked in gold "Invention Paulÿ Brveté à Paris". Breech block with opening by ascensional lever, signed in continuation. Flat-bodied hammers. Trimmings out of plain cut iron. Varnished stick with short shaft, with cheek, out of drowning carved of a beak of stylized duck, partly squared and carved (small restorations with the shaft). Length : 120 cm . A.B.E. About 1820.

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