Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Pinfire Shotgun

Title	Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Pinfire Shotgun
Artist	J. C. A. Brun
Date	dated 1866 19th century
Medium	Steel, wood (walnut), gold
Classification	Firearms-Guns-Wheellock
Origin	French, Paris French
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Purchase, The Sulzberger Foundation Inc. Gift and Rogers Fund; Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, Gift of William H. Riggs, The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, and Gift of Charles M. Schott Jr., by exchange; and gifts and funds from various donors, 1993
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

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