A 18-bore double barreled flintlock sporting gun. Steel, walnut, forging, carving.

Overall length: 121.4cm.; barrel length: 81.0cm. Workmaster"s mark: "Chassaine Senior", France, Saint Etienne, 1845 - 1855. Straight stock carved with netlike pattern and ending with carved wild boar"s head with fangs. The gun was intended to be a fowling-piece. It belongs to antique arms, being of historical, cultural and antiquarian value and of interest to museums and private collections. The State Historical Museum expert report.