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Lot 177
A 12-Bore Flintlock Commerical Musket of French Military TypeBy Sargant & Son of Birmingham, Circa 1835
17 May 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £600 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA 12-Bore Flintlock Commerical Musket of French Military Type
By Sargant & Son of Birmingham, Circa 1835
By Sargant & Son of Birmingham, Circa 1835
With bright two-stage barrel retained by three spring-held barrel bands (forward one and spring missing) and with long octagonal breech, plain tang numbered '8', border engraved flat lock with stamped signature and 'Warranted' across the rounded tail, ring-neck cock and brass pan, stained full stock (reduced), the butt hollowed for the cheek, steel mounts of regulation type, sling loops, and steel ramrod (some light pitting, ramrod missing), Birmingham proof marks
109.2 cm. barrel
109.2 cm. barrel
Footnotes
This and following nine lots are believed to have been acquired by a London banking house to provide protection during the time of Chartism (1838-57)








