Main Sale - December 2012 : Sale A1068 Lot 406
A 10-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED BLUNDERBUSS SIGNED P. BOND, serial no. G1604,
Product Details
A 10-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED BLUNDERBUSS SIGNED 'P. BOND', serial no. G1604,
circa 1780, with 15 1/2in. cannon-muzzled barrel, London proofs, Southern Irish registration number to top of barrel, solid squared iron top-tang, flat, slightly curved lock signed 'P. BOND' (faint), unbridled frizzen (hammer sear at fault), walnut three-quarter stock (shrinkage crack alongside tang and chip at toe), brass furniture including serpentine side-plate, the whole dirty and stained, missing ramrod
Estimate £700-1,000