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Luxury Percussion Double-Barreled Shotgun by F. Wishnevsky, St. Petersburg - Side-by-side smoothbore barrels made of Damascus steel, 17 mm caliber, with a bead-silver front sight. On the rib, the inscription ”CANONS A DAMAS” is inlaid in gold, framed by gold and silver ornamental inlays. The breeches are decorated with silver and gold bands. The tongue of the breech block is decorated with engraved ornamentation and gold and silver inlay. The percussion locks are set in decorative silver frames with niello and are adorned with engraved floral motifs, gold and silver inlays, and signed in gold ”F. Wishnevsky/St. Petersburg”. Engraved zoomorphic cocks. Half-stocked firearm, stock made of zoomorphically carved walnut burl, engraved white metal furniture decorated with niello. Wooden ramrod with a metal tip. Russia, St. Petersburg, circa 1850, length 122 cm. Florian Florianovich Vishnevsky (1808–1888), a famous St. Petersburg gunsmith. The swivel button is missing. Condition 2+