Czechia, 1720-1730s.
Overall length – 144 cm, barrel length – 89.7 cm, chamber length – 14.3 cm, caliber – 14 mm.
This shotgun was manufactured for Czech Count Franz Anton von Sporck (1662-1738), who was a notable cultural figure of the Renaissance time, a patron of arts, a publisher and a passionate hunter.
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