Lot Essay
The initials on the lock could be those of Harman Barne
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CIRCA 1650
Details
A Rare 11-Bore 'English-lock' Musket
Circa 1650
With two-stage sighted barrel, the breech section octagonal changing to sixteen-sided and incised with armoury number '17' on the top flat, plain tang, flat lock retained by three side-nails and with dog catch , separate pan, and applied buffer for the cock, the plate stamped with the initials 'HB', the trigger moving on a pin above the tail of the lock-plate, walnut full stock (a working replacement) carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, iron trigger-guard, brass ramrod-pipes, and later iron-tipped ramrod (the stock cracked and chipped), London view mark, barrel-forger's mark 'TG'(?)
42¼in. (107.3cm.) barrel
Circa 1650
With two-stage sighted barrel, the breech section octagonal changing to sixteen-sided and incised with armoury number '17' on the top flat, plain tang, flat lock retained by three side-nails and with dog catch , separate pan, and applied buffer for the cock, the plate stamped with the initials 'HB', the trigger moving on a pin above the tail of the lock-plate, walnut full stock (a working replacement) carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, iron trigger-guard, brass ramrod-pipes, and later iron-tipped ramrod (the stock cracked and chipped), London view mark, barrel-forger's mark 'TG'(?)
42¼in. (107.3cm.) barrel
Provenance
The Marquess of Bath, Longleat House, Wiltshire
Literature
Richard Akehurst, The World of Guns, illustrated on p. 15
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, p. 108, plate 25
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, p. 108, plate 25
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.