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Lot 567

A Brass-Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss
By Turner & Co. Of Birmingham, Early 19th Century

1 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Brass-Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss
By Turner & Co. Of Birmingham, Early 19th Century

The barrel with turned moulding behind the turned and belled muzzle, foliate engraved tang and signed border engraved flat bevelled lock (top jaw and screw replaced) with roller, figured three-quarter stock (minor split on one side of the fore-end) with chequered grip, border engraved brass mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with a shield and foliage on the heel, and trigger-guard with pineapple finial and decorated with a shield and foliage on the bow, turned brass ramrod-pipes, and original horn-tipped ramrod, private Birmingham proof marks
41 cm. barrel

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John Turner and Co. are recorded as iron and brass candlestick and gun manufacturers

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