Double-Barrelled Flintlock Sporting Gun

Nicolas-Noël, & Son, Versailles Boutet (1761 - 1833)

National War Museum

1814

The stock is of walnut carved with anthemion and acanthus ornament into which are set the gun's silver cast-and-chased mounts. Set into the wrist is the Arms of the recipient. The barrels are decorated with gilded patterns.

• Medium: steel, silver, gold, walnut
• Dimensions: 12 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £25000 ( Total: £225,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1997
• Vendor: N A Whittley

Provenance

Commissioned by H.R.H. the Duc de Berry for presentation to Lt. Gen. George Don; by descent in the family of the recipient's wife until the 1950s; sold privately through several dealers and collectors until c.1987.

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