75 cm barrels of browned twist Damascus, third grip, extractor, choked cylinder & 1/4, concave rib with gold inlaid maker‘s name, blossoms and leaf engraved breeches, colour hardened action, sideclips, Anson & Deeley boxlock with sideplates, elaborately engraved with foliate scroll and blossoms in art nouveau style of the Fin de Siecle, background gold washed and punched, organic structure overlapping the action parts, sliding tang safety with gold inlaid „Sur“, gold washed Double triggers, walnut stock, drop points, semi-pistol grip, hand chequered horn buttplate 35,5 cm, carved with en-suite ornaments, coloured varnished foliate scroll, fore-end with Anson push-rod, year of manufacture around 1900, contemporary French proof, in a modern leather case with maker‘s trade label, in its decoration style unique work of the renowned gunmaker and purveyor to the French Imperial Court, condition III-IV.
Category: Shotguns