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A Liège 32-Bore Flintlock Carbine With Extendable ButtBy G. Devillers A Liège, Circa 1760
24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,440 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Liège 32-Bore Flintlock Carbine With Extendable Butt
By G. Devillers A Liège, Circa 1760
By G. Devillers A Liège, Circa 1760
With English octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, foliate engraved tang, signed rounded lock with safety-catch (cock and steel old replacements), moulded figured full stock (chipped beneath the tail of the lock) carved with foliage behind the rear ramrod-pipe, barrel tang, and behind the cheekpiece, cast and chased brass mounts comprising shaped rounded side-plate with foliate border, trigger-guard with shell-shaped finials, brass-mounted extendable butt with spring catch on the right, turned brass ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and iron ramrod (iron parts with some rust patination), London proof marks
44 cm. barrels
44 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Guillaume Devillers is recorded between 1750-83








