Percussion gun

Jules Bastien-Le Page (active1848 - 1884)

Royal Armouries Museum

1862

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.

• Medium: walnut & steel
• Dimensions: 118 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £3000 ( Total: £25,000; Export stopped)
• ArtFunded in: 1979
• Vendor: W Keith Neal

Provenance

W.Keith Neal.

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