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A Flintlock Brass-Barrelled Blunderbuss-PistolBy Ketland & Co., London, Late 18th Century
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£1,000 - £1,500
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By Ketland & Co., London, Late 18th Century
By Ketland & Co., London, Late 18th Century
With slender two-stage barrel turned and belled at the muzzle, octagonal breech engraved 'London' along the top flat and punched with a line of circles at the turned girdle and at the rear of the breech, plain tang, signed border engraved flat bevelled brass lock (one side-nail replaced) with roller, figured full stock (butt broken through and with old repairs) carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, border engraved brass mounts comprising ovoidal side-nail plate, vacant shield-shaped escutcheon, spurred pommel decorated with a flower-head on each side and with stepped ovoidal cap, trigger-guard (tang repaired) with acorn finial and engraved with a flower-head on the bow, brass ramrod-pipes, and later brass-tipped wooden ramrod, Tower private proof marks
20.5 cm. barrel
20.5 cm. barrel




