Flintlock double-barrel table-top shotgun, thunder-punched, 16 mm caliber; flat-barrel locks engraved and signed: "Pitiote à St-Étienne"; fine punched silver fittings, chased with hunting scenes; carved, cheeked burr-walnut stock, squared grip ending in a boar's head, small gold thumbpiece; length 125.5 cm. (Barrel has lost its bluing; ramrod missing). Restoration period, circa 1820. Very good condition. POINÇONS: 1er titre des départements, tête d'homme dans un hexagone, 1819; de garantie, 1819; goldsmith: "C. C.", in a horizontal rhombus. PITHIOT or PITIOTE, harquebusier in Saint-Étienne, an XIII/1836. Category D - free sale to over 18s. This lot is presented by Mr Bernard CROISSY, militaria expert. 06 07 64 29 15 - [email protected]

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