Moulard Dufour system flintlock shotgun. Round barrel with thunderbolt flanks. One-piece brass lock and counterplate, signed on the trigger guard tail "Par brevet d'invention Moulard Dufour St Etienne". Engraved iron hammer. Bassinet with double volutes. Engraved brass fittings. Checkered walnut stock carved with a lion's head. Fanon ramrod with horn tip. A.B.E. (minor pitting on the barrel, cracks on the breech tail and stock neck). Late 18th century. Length: 125 cm. Moulard Dufour active in Saint-Etienne, circa 1790

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