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FAURÉ LE PAGE
A SCARCE FRENCH 16-BORE BAR-IN-WOOD HAMMER GUN, NO. 248
29 1/2-inch etched damascus barrels, impressed at the breeches "Leopold Bernard Cannonier á Paris", 2 1/2-inch chambers about true cylinder boring, the frame, rebounding bar locks, hammers and push-forward underlever with fine scroll and border engraving, the trigger guard engraved with a Count's crown and the indistinct monogram "FM", linked fore-end, 14-inch well figured stock with engraved steel butt plate, swing swivels, 7lb. 1oz., French maker's proof, bores pitted, in its fitted full-length brassbound oak and leather case
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Sold for £1400
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| Fine Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns |
| Sotheby's, New Bond Street, London |
| 11 December 2013 |
| Commission is 25% ex. VAT. Artist's Resale Right may apply |
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