French double-barrelled hunting guns, early the 19th century
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1. Double-barrelled flint-lock shotgun
France, Paris, signed „Kownacki”, end of the 18th century
Unrifled, calibre: 15 mm
From the former collection of the Moszyński family 

Before the Participation of Poland period, Andrzej Kownacki was a court gunsmith of King Stanisław August Poniatowski and a director of King’s Weapon Manufacture in Kozienice.

2. Wender type over-and-under flint-lock shotgun
France, Paris, gunsmith Jean Le Page, about 1807 
Top barrel rifled, down barrel unrifled, calibre: 15 mm
From the former collection of the Moszyński family 

3. Double-barrelled flint-lock shotgun
France, signed „Armand Rue Du Roule a Paris”, about 1820 
Unrifled, calibre: 15 mm
From the former collection of the Moszyński family


exposition: Gallery „Arms and Uniforms in Poland",
The Main Building, 1, 3 Maja Av.


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