FIRMIN, PARIS A FINE CASED EXHIBITION GRADE 14-BORE LEFAUCHEUX-PATENT PINFIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, serial no. 1202, circa 1865, with 30 1/2in. twist barrels, the top-rib signed 'F.P. CARON A ARQ. DE L'EMPEREUR FIRMIN SSEUR' (Firmin, successor to the Emperor's Gunmaker, F.P. Caron), St Etienne and private proofs, the bold scroll and ribbon engraved rounded action-body with Lefaucheux style forward facing under-lever and integral hinged iron fore-end with small barrel release lever, en-suite top-tang extending to the front of comb, en-suite engraved back-action locks signed around the rear of the hammers 'FIRMIN' and 'A PARIS' on the right and left locks respectively, figured unchequered walnut butt-stock with en-suite engraved iron furniture and complete with its maker's mahogany veneered presentation case profusely inlaid with brass scrolls and banding, brass corners to lid and case, the interior lined and compartmented in the continental style in red velvet, each compartment bordered in a contrasting green velvet and retaining its full suite of accessories (lock escutcheon absent). Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament