Rare poacher rifle

probably of French or Italian manufacture, datable to around 1850; two-course smoothbore barrel, rear-spring nipple lock, walnut stock with iron mounts engraved, like the stock, with racemes; the stock blade, carved with an expressive boar's head, can be disassembled to make the weapon easily concealable and is connected to the frame via a robust bayonet joint; original wooden wand with brass ball striker and iron rag hole; in good condition

L  97 cm (assembled) and 69 (divided)