A Brass-Barrelled Percussion Blunderbuss
Indistinctly Signed Lacy & Co., London, Mid-19th Century
Converted from flintlock, with two-stage barrel turned and belled at the muzzle, engraved 'London' and stamped with County Dublin registration mark 'DU-4190' on the octagonal breech, and fitted with a spring bayonet above, engraved tang carrying the bayonet-catch, indistinctly signed and engraved flat bevelled lock (safety-catch missing), foliate engraved dolphin hammer, figured full stock (some splits) with chequered grip, border engraved brass mounts decorated with trophies and foliage and comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard, the latter with acorn finial, vacant silver escutcheon, brass ramrod-pipes, and wooden ramrod (mounts missing), Birmingham proof marks
35.5 cm. barrel
