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Elaborate Presentation Cased Exhibition Engraved and Elaborately Gold Inlaid Dual Ignition Percussion/Pinfire Double Barrel Shotgun from Thomas of Paris - Serial no. 7827, 16 gauge, 29 1/2 inch solid rib bbl., gold/brown/ blue/casehardened finish, walnut stock. This dual ignition shotgun was manufactured in 1854 by gunmaker Thomas of Paris following the famous Great Exhibition in London in 1851 and just prior to the Exposition Universelle in Paris on 1855. It may have been created for the second event. Thomas was also the gunmaker to the King of Sweden and Norway. The gun is currently configured for use with pinfire ammunition but is also designed to
be convertible for use with percussion caps, and the conversion cartridges are stored in the stock compartment. It features Damascus barrels by Albert Bernard of Paris (as marked on the bottom flats) with the year “1854” and number “7827” on the underside of the rib.
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