Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun
This is presumably the "richly decorated gun" said to have been exhibited by Perrin in 1855 at the Exposition Universelle in Paris and again in 1862 at the International Exhibition in London. Undoubtedly Louis Perrin's masterpiece, this shotgun is one of the most ambitious firearms of its period. The butt, pierced and carved in the round with the figure of a medieval hunter, reflects the lingering influence of the Gothic revival. The silver mounts are of extraordinary quality, notably the buttplate with its graceful figure of a Native American.
Artwork Details
- Title: Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun
- Gunsmith: Louis Perrin (French, Paris, active 1823–65)
- Barrelsmith: Léopold Bernard (French, Paris, active 1832–70)
- Date: dated 1854
- Geography: Paris
- Culture: French, Paris
- Medium: Steel, wood (walnut), silver
- Dimensions: L. 46 3/5 in. (118.4 cm); L. of barrel 29 1/8 in. (73.9 cm)
- Classification: Firearms
- Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, The Sulzberger Foundation Inc. Gift, Gifts of William H. Riggs, Bill and Joyce Anderson, Charles M. Schott Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, William B. Osgood Field, Christian A. Zabriskie, Dr. Albert T. Weston, Henry Victor Burgy, and Bequest of Alan Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, by exchange, and The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, John Stoneacre Ellis Collection, Gift of Mrs. Ellis and Augustus Van Horne Ellis, and Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, funds from various donors, by exchange, 1991
- Object Number: 1991.5
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor
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