Flintlock shotgun transformed to percussion, double barrel in tobacco-coloured damascus, length 89.5 cm, calibre 16.5 mm; breech tail engraved with foliage and a hammer in a cartridge; flat-bodied locks, engraved and signed : "Berleur" and "Michel"...

Flintlock shotgun transformed to percussion, double barrel in tobacco-coloured damascus, length 89.5 cm, calibre 16.5 mm; breech tail engraved with foliage and a hammer in a cartridge; flat-bodied locks, engraved and signed : "Berleur" and "Michel", hammers engraved with a dragon; silver trimmings cut and chiselled with foliage, palmettes, chimeras and a weapon trophy on the trigger guard; beautiful stock in veined walnut with short cheek and shaft, handle and shaft finely squared, staked with silver nails, the handle ends with a carved stag's head, gold thumb piece monogrammed: "H L"; total length 131 cm. (Cannon changed during the transformation). Period, Belgium, Liege, circa 1810/1820, transformed circa 1850. Good condition.

Belgian silverpins, circa 1814/1831; goldsmith: "B. B." in a diamond. Michel BERLEUR, harquebusier manufacturer in Liege, 1780/1810, brother of Guillaume BERLEUR, 1780/1840. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.