Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun
Object type: Double-barreled percussion shotgun
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Léopold Bernard|Louis Perrin
Artist bio: French, Paris, active 1832–70|French, Paris, active 1823–65
Artist role: Barrelsmith|Gunsmith
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: dated 1854
Medium: Steel, wood (walnut), silver
Dimensions: L. 46 3/5 in. (118.4 cm); L. of barrel 29 1/8 in. (73.9 cm)
Classification: Firearms
Geography:  Paris     
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, The Sulzberger Foundation Inc. Gift, Gifts of William H. Riggs, Bill and Joyce Anderson, Charles M. Schott Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, William B. Osgood Field, Christian A. Zabriskie, Dr. Albert T. Weston, Henry Victor Burgy, and Bequest of Alan Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, by exchange, and The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, John Stoneacre Ellis Collection, Gift of Mrs. Ellis and Augustus Van Horne Ellis, and Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, funds from various donors, by exchange, 1991
Accession year: 1991
Tags: Animals|Men|Hunting|Dragons