Double flintlock shotgun by Duperay in Nantes. Round barrels with thunderbolt flats, engraved on the band "CANON TORDU", with blue and gold remnants. Sighting point base with gold radiating decoration. Lock plates signed "DUPERAY A NANTES" and round-bodied hammers. Chased, cut and plain iron fittings. Varnished walnut stock. Wooden ramrod with horn tip. Length: 129 cm A.B.E. circa 1780. Duperay, harquebusier for the Navy in Nantes, listed as active around 1800.