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A Rare 4-Bore Flintlock Deck-Gun Or Wall-Piece For Customs ServiceBy Barnett Of London, Circa 1825
24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,520 inc. premium
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By Barnett Of London, Circa 1825
By Barnett Of London, Circa 1825
With russet sighted barrel, plain tang, signed rounded lock with ring-neck cock, full stock with old painted finish, the fore-end drilled for an iron peg mount, regulation brass mounts including trigger-guard with drop-shaped finial, original iron ramrod, and iron stirrup peg mount (some patination overall), London proof marks: on a modern wooden block stand with plaque engraved 'H.M. Customs And Excise Revenue Cutters Swivel Gun'
61.3 cm. barrel
61.3 cm. barrel
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Provenance:
Sotheby's Billingshurst, Firearms, Edged Weapons and Militaria Including the Kynoch Collection ..., 10 October 1990, lot 238
For more information see Frederick Wilkinson, Those Entrusted With Arms ..., 2002, pp. 138-139, fig. 10.4








