France, Mid-19th century. - Lot 272

France, Mid-19th century. Double-barreled percussion shotgun with external hammers signed "Glaize fils à St Etienne". Cal. 16 mm. Curly damascus steel barrels with slight gray patina and traces of oxidation in places. Marked on the band "DAMAS FRISE" in an oval. The breech tail chased with scrolls and friezes of small foliage motifs. Flat-bodied steel back plates decorated around the rim with friezes of small foliage motifs and signed "GLAIZE FILS" for one and "A St ETIENNE" for the other. Domed dogs decorated with foliage motifs en suite around the rim. Walnut stock carved with foliage, with squared fish-scale shaft. Steel buttplate, cut and decorated en suite. Cut and decorated steel fittings. Wooden rod with brass tip. All screw heads are guilloché. Functional mechanism with two clear, play-free cocking notches. In its original condition, never previously collected. (Stock slightly fractured between the locks and the base of the barrels, patina of age, fairly good condition). 114 cm (barrels 72 cm).