Flintlock shotgun converted to percussion, two shots. Table-top barrels. Grips signed "MURGUE A ST ETIENNE" and flat-bodied, engraved hammers. Cut-out and engraved iron fittings. Marbled walnut stock, with cheekpiece, carved with a boar's head and a rosette (grooves on buttplate return). Wooden ramrod with brass tip. A.B.E. circa 1830. Murgue, dynasty of harquebusiers from Saint-Etienne.