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Double-Barreled Flintlock Shotgun

Gunsmith Nicolas Noël Boutet French
dated 1801
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 375
This is one of the most restrained but sophisticated examples of Boutet's work. The Classical ornament on the barrels and silver mounts is in the Empire style, whereas the bright steel locks, chiseled in relief with a gilt background, recall an earlier eighteenth-century tradition of firearms ornament. The walnut stock, sparingly decorated, is inlaid with ebony and gilt mounts, as also was found on French Empire furniture.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Double-Barreled Flintlock Shotgun
  • Gunsmith: Nicolas Noël Boutet (French, Versailles and Paris, 1761–1833)
  • Date: dated 1801
  • Geography: Versailles
  • Culture: French, Versailles
  • Medium: Steel, wood (walnut, ebony), gold, silver
  • Dimensions: L. 48 3/8 in. (122.9 cm); L. of barrel 33 in. (83.8 cm); Cal. .60 in. (15.2 mm); Wt. 7 lb. 6 oz. (3350 g)
  • Classification: Firearms
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1936
  • Object Number: 36.58a–e
  • Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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Double-Barreled Flintlock Shotgun with Exchangeable Percussion Locks and Barrels, Nicolas Noël Boutet French, Steel, gold, wood (walnut), silver, horn, French, Versailles and Paris
Double-Barreled Flintlock Shotgun with Exchangeable Percussion Locks and Barrels
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Designs for the Decoration of Firearms, Nicolas Noël Boutet French, Pencil, ink, gray wash on paper, French, Versailles
Designs for the Decoration of Firearms
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