An Early Brass-Barrelled Flintlock Blunderbuss
By C. Perry Of London, Late 17th Century
With three-stage barrel flared at the muzzle, octagonal breech engraved with scrolling strawberry foliage, becoming polygonal and signed along the top flat, a raised moulding at the rear, plain tang, later engraved flat bevelled lock signed 'Bales', roller, highly figured rootwood full stock (repaired in front of the lock, fore-end split) with raised moulding bordering the ramrod channel and around the barrel tang, brass mounts (side-plate missing) comprising thin butt-plate secured by iron tacks, trigger-guard with moulded pointed finials, scrolled iron trigger, baluster ramrod-pipe, and later horn-tipped ramrod, London proof marks and Perry's barrelsmith's mark
41.7 cm. barrel
