© Royal Armouries Museum
Percussion gun
Artist: Jules Bastien-Le Page (active1848 - 1884)
Location: Royal Armouries Museum
Date: 1862
Materials: walnut & steel
Dimensions: 118 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,000 (Total: £25,000)
Vendor: W Keith Neal
Review number: 2755 (1979)
Export Stopped
Provenance:
W.Keith Neal.
Description:
Half stock carved with floral scrolls. Butt-plate is chased with a design of Diana & her nymphs, the trigger guard with a cherub blowing a hunting horn, & the fore-end cap with a stag's head. Barrels, breeches & muzzle chiselled with pattern of leaves.
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