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BY JOSEPH TART, BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1820
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A Flintlock Box-Lock Blunderbuss Pistol
By Joseph Tart, Birmingham, circa 1820
With brass barrel and action in one piece, the former in three stages and with turned belled muzzle, the latter signed and engraved with trophies of arms, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, and flat-sided figured walnut butt with silver escutcheon and chequered spine, Birmingham proof marks
8in. (21.6cm.)
By Joseph Tart, Birmingham, circa 1820
With brass barrel and action in one piece, the former in three stages and with turned belled muzzle, the latter signed and engraved with trophies of arms, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the steel, and flat-sided figured walnut butt with silver escutcheon and chequered spine, Birmingham proof marks
8in. (21.6cm.)