Beautiful double flintlock shotgun by LE PAGE, Emperor's harquebusier. Damascus ribbon table bores signed in gold with thunders "LE PAGE A PARIS". Silver sights, gold embellished at the base. Turntables signed "LE PAGE A PARIS" and "ARQer DE L'EMPEREUR", engraved with foliage, and flat-bodied swan-neck dogs. Bassinets with double scrolls, trimmed in silver. Plain cut-iron fittings. Partially checkered walnut stock, carved with a stylized duck's beak. Wooden ramrod with bone tip (minor wear to the gold). B.E. First Empire period (1812). Jean Lepage (1779-1822) was a famous French gunsmith. He worked for Louis XVI, Napoleon and Louis XVIII. He invented fulminate percussion systems for firearms, which replaced flintlock mechanisms and paved the way for modern firearms.