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BY HENRY JOSEPH BURY, LIÈGE, CIRCA 1800
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A flintlock blunderbuss
By Henry Joseph Bury, Liège, circa 1800
With two-stage barrel elliptic at the muzzle and with spring bayonet above, octagonal breech section with gilt inscription 'Canon Tordu', gilt turned girdle, and stamped gilt bands at the rear, signed rounded lock with roller and semi-rainproof pan, moulded walnut full stock carved in relief with a floral spray behind the barrel tang and sparsely inlaid with silver wire, iron mounts engraved with trophies of arms, including trigger-guard with urn finial, and associated iron ramrod
31½in. (80cm.)
By Henry Joseph Bury, Liège, circa 1800
With two-stage barrel elliptic at the muzzle and with spring bayonet above, octagonal breech section with gilt inscription 'Canon Tordu', gilt turned girdle, and stamped gilt bands at the rear, signed rounded lock with roller and semi-rainproof pan, moulded walnut full stock carved in relief with a floral spray behind the barrel tang and sparsely inlaid with silver wire, iron mounts engraved with trophies of arms, including trigger-guard with urn finial, and associated iron ramrod
31½in. (80cm.)