Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Pinfire Shotgun, dated 1866, Paris, French, Paris, Steel, wood (walnut), gold, L. 44 1/8 in. (112 cm), Firearms-Guns-Wheellock, The Second Empire (1852–70) marked the twilight of French gunmaking, which had dominated the design of European firearms since the period of Louis XIV. Parisian gunmakers consistently employed the finest contemporary designers, silversmiths, sculptors, and engravers to transform functional hunting and target weapons into works of art
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Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Pinfire Shotgun, dated 1866, Paris, French, Steel, wood, walnut, gold, L, 44 1/8, 112 cm, Firearms-Guns-Wheellock, Second, Empire, 1852–70, marked, twilight, French gunmaking, dominated, design, European firearms, period, Louis XIV, Parisian gunmakers, consistently, employed, finest contemporary, designers, silversmiths, sculptors, engravers, transform functional, hunting, target weapons, works, art
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