Faux Twist - a 'plain iron' barrel with rolled "Twist" pattern



"Damascene" - c. 1800 Ottoman barrel with roll-engraved crolle pattern. (Damascene may also be inlay)



c. 1880s Manufacture Liégeoise d’armes à Feu catalog listing Faux Damas Anglais and Rubans or Twist



Crolle pattern rolled onto Plain Iron barrels



The give away is the symmetry of the pattern. Each scroll looks just like the corresponding scroll on the other barrel. And no contrast in the color.




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