Sporting gun

Jacques Gorgo (active 1680 - 1720)

Royal Armouries Museum

1680 - 1720

Repeating breech-loading sporting gun. Walnut stock, steel barrel, with gold filigree work. Inscribed 'Gorgo Londini fecit'. Gorgo, Swiss in origin but working in London 1680-1720. Walnut stock, steel barrel, gold filigree work.

• Medium: walnut, steel, & gold
• Dimensions: 160 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1000 ( Total: £10,650)
• ArtFunded in: 1977

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