Nicolas Noël BOUTET
RARE BOUTET a VERSAILLES NAPOLEONIC ERA SHOTGUN:
Converted to percussion at some time. 47 inch overall length. 30 1/2 inch damascus barrels. 20 gauge caliber. Lock plates faintly marked "Boutet Directeur Artiste" on one side and "Manuf A Versailles" on the other. An authentic "Nicholas Noel Boutet" piece.
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Boutet
Splendid shotgun to 2 guns signed of Boutet, directing artist, manufacture of Versailles decorated with gold, trimmings out of iron finely engraved in relief, stick in walnut of Grenoble.
