Lot Essay
For Baker's 'Four-Square' ramrods see D.F. Harding, Smallarms of the East India Company 1600-1856, vol. 1: Procurement and Design, pp. 210-11, plates 7.14 and 7.15
CIRCA 1830, THE LOCK SIGNED REA & SON
Details
A .75 Flintlock Carbine Of Service Type
Circa 1830, the lock signed Rea & Son
With shortened barrel (some pitting, fore-sight missing), India Pattern lock fitted with a French military pattern cock, walnut three-quarter stock (minor defects), India Pattern brass mounts, and iron ramrod of Baker's 'Four-Square' type, Tower private proof marks over-struck with King's proof marks, barrelsmith's mark 'IB'
30¼in. (76.8cm.) barrel
Circa 1830, the lock signed Rea & Son
With shortened barrel (some pitting, fore-sight missing), India Pattern lock fitted with a French military pattern cock, walnut three-quarter stock (minor defects), India Pattern brass mounts, and iron ramrod of Baker's 'Four-Square' type, Tower private proof marks over-struck with King's proof marks, barrelsmith's mark 'IB'
30¼in. (76.8cm.) barrel
Special notice
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