Shotgun system Robert, mobile breech and without hammer, dou - Lot 220

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Shotgun system Robert, mobile breech and without hammer, dou - Lot 220
Shotgun system Robert, mobile breech and without hammer, double barrel in damascus steel table with ribbon, stamped with thunder: "A B" surmounted by a crown, "J. AR" and signed on the band in gold letters: "FUSIL ROBERT BTÉ À PARIS", length 72 cm, calibre 17.2 mm; breech polished white, engraved with foliage, marked in a circle: "MÉDAILLES D'OR - EXHIBITION DE 1834 - SOCIÉTÉ D'ENCOURAGEMENT" and in the middle of the circle, in an oval : "ACADIE DE L'INDUSTRIE", breech tail numbered: "3055" and marked calibre: "16", inside marked: "CHAUDIN BREVETÉ", as a result of the transformation of the percussion system; short shaft speckled elm stock, carved with a finial at the end of the shaft, handle and shaft squared; overall length 112.5 cm. Circa 1840/1850. Fairly good condition, needs cleaning. Jean Antoine ROBERT, harquebusier in Paris, 1829/1840, inventor of the first system without external dog, military version, and a hunting version more known around 1829; he obtained for this system the gold medal of the Academy of Industry, June 12, 1833. Gold medal of 1st class at the National Exhibition of 1834 in Paris for his breech loading rifle. 6 bis rue Richet - 5 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau (depot) - 17 rue du Faubourg Montmartre, circa 1840 (store) - 3 bis rue du Coq Héron. Jean-Jacques CHAUDIN, arms manufacturer in Paris in 1840/1880. Exhibits in Paris, in 1849 (silver medal), 1859 (1st class medal), 1867 and 1878 (bronze medals). Patents of invention in 1841, 1848 and 1849. 4 rue du Faubourg Montmartre.
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