Berthon-Perrin Flintlock Sporting Gun with Carved Dog's Head Stock
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French flintlock sporting gun - Berthon-Perrin. attributed to Berthon-Perrin, Aix-en-Provence, recorded working 1800-1820. Gentleman's take down fowling flint lock with well carved dog's head stock. With Mother of pearl and horn inlaid eyes, silver collar marked 'Fly' and 'Er.' an almost identical example with percussion lock is in the Art Institute of Chicago. Length 130 cm
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- Attributed - A cataloguing term where the item in the opinion of the cataloguers, is a of the period of the artist, craftsman or designer, and which probably in whole or part is the work of that person.
- Mother-Of-Pearl - Mother-of-pearl, technical name "nacre", is the inner layer of a sea shell. The iridescent colours and strength of this material were widely used in the nineteenth century as an inlay in jewellery, furniture, (especially papier mache furniture) and musical instruments.
In the early 1900s it was used to make pearl buttons. Mother-of-pearl is a soft material that is easily cut or engraved.
Nowadays it is a by-product of the oyster, freshwater pearl mussel and abalone industries.
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