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A Rare Flintlock Cannon Igniter Circa 1800
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,750 inc. premium
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Circa 1800
Circa 1800
With plain brass action (defective) and mounts, the former engraved with 'GR' crowned on one side, ring-neck cock with wing-headed jaw screw, and figured stock with rounded flat-sided butt
55.8 cm.
55.8 cm.
Footnotes
Provenance:
Christie's London, Antique Arms And Armour, 13 November 1985, lot 132
Cf. Howard L. Blackmore, British Military Firearms 1650-1850, 1961, p. 173, pl. 50 (5)








