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THBBritish Tower Brass Barrel Flintlock Blunderbuss
About Seller
6270 Este Ave.
Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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About Auction
LiveMay 3, 2017 - May 5, 2017
Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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- Lot Description
1.682" flared canon muzzle, 17.6" pinned round brass barrel with baluster turned rings at the breech and muzzle transition. Walnut stock, brass furniture. Rounded iron British military lock with bridled and fenced iron pan and rounded swan necked cock. Lock engraved TOWER to the rear of the hammer and with a Crown / GR forward of the hammer along with a Crown/Broad Arrow acceptance mark. Barrel with two Tower proofs, a pair of crowned crossed scepters. Flat geometric brass sideplate and sheet brass buttplate. Stock with raised carved apron around the iron breech tang. Brass tipped wooden rammer. Possibly a British naval blunderbuss, circa 1780.
Good to near very good. Brass with a mellow golden patina. Lock with a lightly oxidized gray patina and clear markings. Mechanically functional. Stock about good, with minor crack below lock mortise, running to triggeguard. Some wood loss around the pins as well. Buttplate slightly proud of the wood. Otherwise solid with bump, dings and bruises.Condition
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