Fine Modern & Antique Guns - March 2015 : Sale A0315 Lot 461
J & W RICHARDS, LONDON A 28-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL WITH BAYONET, no visible serial number,

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J & W RICHARDS, LONDON
A 28-BORE FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL WITH BAYONET, no visible serial number,
circa 1780, with 7in. heavily swamped brass barrel, twin moulded bands at muzzle, private proofs at breech, squared boxlock action, the left side signed 'J&W RICHARDS', the right 'LONDON' both within an oval within a stand of flags, central hammer with sliding safe to top-tang, plain walnut slab-sided grip (inlets at head), sliding iron trigger-guard bow originally retaining the under-barrel sprung bayonet of triangular cross-section (last 4in. of tip broken off but present) and side-mounted brass-tipped wood ramrod

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Estimate £800-1,200