AVON 4 OZ. WILD COUNTRY AFTER SHAVE DUELING PISTOL-NEW

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MR JEFFS BOOKSTORE AND MORE Be sure to add me to your favorites list !AVON 4 OZ. WILD COUNTRY AFTER SHAVE. DUELING PISTOL II. NEW STORED AWAY. GREAT SCENT. CRAFTSMEN IN EUROPE CAREFULLY GUARDED THEIR GUNMAKING ART AND SKILL BY STAMPING THE GUNS THEY MADE WITH THEIR SIGNATURE OR A DISTIGUISHING MARK DERIVED FROM THEIR NAME. IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY FRENCH CRAFTSMENT BECAME SO SKILLED IN MAKING FINISHED HANDGUNS, THAT LESS HONORABLE GUNMAKERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD SIGN THEIR WORK WITH FRENCH NAMES OR FAMOUS FRENCH MARKS. MANY SKILLED CRAFTSMEN BECAME COURT GUNMAKERS, SUCH AS FRANCISCO LOPEZ, GUNMAKER TO KING CHARLES III, WHO SIGNED A PAIR OF RICHLY ORNAMENTED PISTOLS MADE IN SPAIN ABOUT 1760 . MANY OF THE GREAT GUN COLLECTIONS THAT CAN BE SEEN IN EUROPEAN MUSEUMS TODAY ARE FROM THE CABINETS D'ARMES OF ENTHUSIASTIC GUN-COLLECITN MONARCHES. WHAT A HISTORY, WHAT A FIND, THIS WOULD MAKE A GREAT FATHERS DAY, BIRTHDAY GIFT. NEW, STORED. NC4