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A Rare 26-Bore Flintlock Sporting Rifle Made For Presentation To American Indian Chiefs

BY HENRY TATHAM, LONDON, NO. 1508, CIRCA 1816

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A Rare 26-Bore Flintlock Sporting Rifle Made For Presentation To American Indian Chiefs
By Henry Tatham, London, No. 1508, circa 1816
With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrel rifled with ten grooves and with the royal arms in gold on a raised rectangular panel at the breech, silver fore-sight, case-hardened recessed patent breech signed in gold, with two gold lines, and platinum-lined touch-hole, tang engraved with scrollwork and a martial trophy, signed engraved case-hardened serial numbered flat lock with safety-catch, roller, gold-lined rainproof pan, and 'French' cock, finely figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, raised cheek-piece, finely engraved blued iron mounts including patch-box cover engraved with stag, case-hardened trigger-plate with pineapple finial, silver escutcheon, original brass-mounted ramrod, and some original finish, London proof marks, the barrel forged by William Fullerd
30½in. (77.5cm.) barrel

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拍品專文

Henry Tatham, Sr. (1770-1835) was appointed Sword Cutler and Beltmaker-in-Ordinary to King George III in 1798, and Gunmaker to the Prince of Wales in 1799

This is one of a series commissioned by the British Government in 1816 for presentation to Canadian Indian Chiefs in order to foster their loyalty to the Crown. The largest surviving group is in the Royal Armouries, Leeds, where the serial numbers for half-stocked rifles with royal arms in gold (the more expensive variety of single rifles) range between 1493 and 1533

For further information see Robert W. Band, 'Tatham's Indian Guns, A Gift For Mohawk Warriors', The Canadian Journal of Arms Collecting, vol. 37, no. 1 (February 1999), pp. 3-7