Flintlock Gun

Decoration follows closely designs of the engraver De Lacollombe French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 375

Though unsigned, this beautifully crafted hunting gun appears to have been made by a German craftsman copying designs from firearms pattern books published in Paris in the early to mid-eighteenth century.

Flintlock Gun, Decoration follows closely designs of the engraver De Lacollombe (French, Paris, active ca. 1702–ca. 1736), Steel, silver, wood (walnut), German

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Flintlock Gun, Decoration follows closely designs of the engraver De Lacollombe (French, Paris, active ca. 1702–ca. 1736), Steel, silver, wood (walnut), German
Flintlock Gun, Decoration follows closely designs of the engraver De Lacollombe (French, Paris, active ca. 1702–ca. 1736), Steel, silver, wood (walnut), German

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