Main Sale December 2009 : Sale A1034 Lot 413
A .75 FLINTLOCK INDIA PATTERN SERVICE MUSKET,

Product Details

A .75 FLINTLOCK INDIA PATTERN SERVICE MUSKET,
circa 1810, with shortened 38in. barrel, rounded border engraved lock with ring-neck cock and marked 'TOWER' and with 'GR' cypher, walnut three-quarter stock marked '120' on the right side of the butt (cracked by side-nail and in front of lock), brass mounts, iron sling mounts, and later iron ramrod (barrel, lock and sling mounts pitted and discoloured), Tower private proof marks, Irish registration stamps for Co. Armagh.
Estimate £1,000-1,500

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.