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LOT 1287
Gorgeous Factory Game Scene Engraved and Gold Inlaid Gastinne-
Renette Center Fire Back Action Double Barrel Hammer Shotgun
with Case - Serial no. 2099, 16 gauge, 28 1/2 inch solid rib bbl., blue/
brown/casehardened/gold finish, walnut stock. This stunning shotgun from
legendary Parisian gunmaker Louis-Julien Gastinne-Renette (1812-1885)
was completed in 1862. The gun features browned Damascus steel barrels
with a single bead sight on the smooth concave solid rib which bears the
Gastinne-Renette signature and address, along with a flourish of floral scroll
at the base, proof marks on either side of the lugs, and “1862” indicating the
year of completion. The barrels have 2 1/2 inch chambers with an extractor.
The barrels are fitted to the exquisite underlever action which displays
magnificent oak leaf engraving surrounding a “Gastinne/Renette” signature
on the lockplates, along with a quartet of finely detailed game scenes. The
game scenes consist of a running roe buck on the left of the action, a fox
on the left lockplate, a roe deer doe on the right side of the action, and a
fox caught in a trap on the right lockplate. The oak leaf engraving continues
onto the underlever, both tangs, and the ornate blued triggerguard which
displays a highly attractive gold inlaid oak tree over an intricate monogram.
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