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Flintlock Gun
Flintlock Gun



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Flintlock Gun, ca. 1620
Made by Pierre Le Bourgeois (died 1627)
French (Lisieux)
Steel, chiseled, blued, and gilded; wood, inlaid with silver, brass, and engraved mother-of-pearl; brass-gilt; bone; L. 55 in. (140 cm)
Rogers and Harris Brisbane Dick Funds, 1972 (1972.223)