Double-Barreled Flintlock Shotgun

Nicolas Noël Boutet

dated 1801 · Steel, wood (walnut, ebony), gold, silver · Arms and Armor

This is one of the most restrained but sophisticated examples of Boutet's work. The Classical ornament on the barrels and silver mounts is in the Empire style, whereas the bright steel locks, chiseled in relief with a gilt background, recall an earlier eighteenth-century tradition of firearms ornament. The walnut stock, sparingly decorated, is inlaid with ebony and gilt mounts, as also was found on French Empire furniture.

Artist

Nicolas Noël Boutet

Date

dated 1801

Medium

Steel, wood (walnut, ebony), gold, silver

Culture

French, Versailles

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1936