Product Details
A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS,
circa 1820, with three-stage brass barrel with belled muzzle, signed 'LONDON' at the breech and fitted with a spring bayonet above (spring weak), iron tang incorporating the bayonet release catch, flat bevelled bolted lock with stepped tail, waterproof pan and roller (signature indistinct, cock replaced, one side-nail missing), walnut three-quarter stock with chequered grip (bruised, fore-end cracked and with insert repair), engraved brass mounts including trigger-guard with pineapple finial, and brass-tipped ramrod (iron parts pitted throughout, one barrel-bolt missing), Birmingham proof marks.
Estimate £700-900
THE ABOVE LOT IS PURCHASED AS AN EXEMPT ITEM UNDER SECTION 58 (2) OF THE 1968 FIREARMS ACT. TO BE HELD AS A CURIOSITY OR ORNAMENT.