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A 10-bore flintlock commercial short land pattern musketby Barbar of London, circa 1760
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,500 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA 10-bore flintlock commercial short land pattern musket
by Barbar of London, circa 1760
by Barbar of London, circa 1760
With russet barrel (touch-hole bushed) with fore-sight also forming the bayonet-lug, plain tang, signed border engraved rounded lock (steel refaced), figured three-quarter stock (some bruising and minor damage) with apron around the barrel tang, regulation brass mounts (escutcheon an old replacement, rear ramrod-pipe reduced) including butt-plate numbered '6' on the heel tang, sling loops, original steel ramrod numbered '6', and socket bayonet (some pitting) with blade of partly hollowed triangular section (some wear and rust patination overall), London proof marks and maker's mark (2)
106.7 cm. barrel
106.7 cm. barrel
Footnotes
The maker's mark is that of James 1 Barbar who was apprenticed to his father Lewis in 1714. He was elected Master of the Gunmakers' Company in 1742 and was appointed Gentleman Armourer to George II in 1741. He died in 1773








