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A Flintlock Box-Lock Blunderbuss-PistolBy W. Parker, Maker To His Majesty, London, Early 19th Century
25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,400 inc. premium
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By W. Parker, Maker To His Majesty, London, Early 19th Century
By W. Parker, Maker To His Majesty, London, Early 19th Century
With brass barrel and action in one piece, the former in three stages, turned and belled at the muzzle and stamped with later Hindi inscriptions extending along the border engraved octagonal breech, one side engraved 'Maker To His Majesty', the latter signed within an oval on a martial trophy on each side, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, sliding trigger-guard engraved with a line of foliage, chequered figured rounded butt with silver butt-cap engraved with a starburst centred on the retaining screw, vacant silver escutcheon, and side-mounted brass-tipped ramrod, probably original, Birmingham proof marks
10.2 cm. barrel
10.2 cm. barrel
Footnotes
William 3 Parker is recorded at 233 High Holborn between 1793-1841




