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Lot 203

A Rare Flintlock Cannon Igniter
Circa 1800

23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare Flintlock Cannon Igniter
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.

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)

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