BIGOT
Rifle
with double barrel juxtaposed with double key of the Lefaucheux type, external
hammer.
Percussion pinfire, calibre unknown.
Stick in
walnut, locks “behind”, trigger guard with volutes.
The unit
is engraved of engraving at bottom hollow, technical rare and expensive.
One of
the hammers seems broken.
The contour of the hammers carries the inscription “AU
HAVRE” on a side and “BIGOTARQER”
on other side.
BIGOT is the name of the craftsman who manufactured
this rifle, ARQER
Is the abbreviation of the French word “Arquebusier”, and
BIGOT
arms manufacturer in
