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A Rare Flintlock Sea Service MusketBy W. Brazier Of London, Circa 1714-15
5 July 2005, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £7,200 inc. premium
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By W. Brazier Of London, Circa 1714-15
By W. Brazier Of London, Circa 1714-15
With sighted barrel, plain tang, signed rounded lock, figured three-quarter stock (cleaned off, minor worming) with apron around the barrel tang, regulation brass mounts comprising flat side-plate, thin flat butt-plate secured by tacks, trigger-guard with rounded finial, thin brass ramrod-pipes, and later brass-tipped ramrod (iron parts with some rust patination), London and Ordnance proof marks
118 cm. barrel
118 cm. barrel
Footnotes
See Howard L. Blackmore, British Military Firearms 1650-1850, 1961, pp. 42-43 and 49
William Brazier was Contractor to Ordnance between 1714-15. He was elected Master of the Gunmakers' Company in 1730 and again in 1747








