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An Irish Brass-Barrelled Percussion BlunderbussBy Robert Tomlinson, Dublin, Late 18th Century
1 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,320 inc. premium
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By Robert Tomlinson, Dublin, Late 18th Century
By Robert Tomlinson, Dublin, Late 18th Century
Converted from flintlock, the barrel with reinforcing ring behind the belled and turned muzzle and stamped with Co. Down registration mark 'D-N 5131' at the breech, plain tang, signed flat bevelled lock with foliate scroll engraved hammer, figured full stock (repaired along one side of the fore-end, minor chips beneath the lock), brass mounts comprising shaped flat side-plate, butt-plate with Co. Down registration mark on the heel tang, trigger-guard, turned ramrod-pipes, and later brass-tipped ramrod (iron parts rust patinated), Dublin proof marks and maker's mark
41 cm. barrel
41 cm. barrel
Footnotes
For details of this maker and for a record of pieces by him sold at auction see Richard J. Garrett, Irish Gunmakers, 2008, p. 45




