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A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS
THE LOCK SIGNED STELLE, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
With two-stage belled brass barrel inscribed 'London' and engraved with a spray of foliage at the breech, iron tang, earlier signed rounded lock, plain walnut full stock (old repairs), lightly engraved brass mounts including pierced foliate side-plate, and brass-tipped ramrod, the barrel with London proof marks and barrelsmith's mark IP or TP
22¾in.
THE LOCK SIGNED STELLE, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
With two-stage belled brass barrel inscribed 'London' and engraved with a spray of foliage at the breech, iron tang, earlier signed rounded lock, plain walnut full stock (old repairs), lightly engraved brass mounts including pierced foliate side-plate, and brass-tipped ramrod, the barrel with London proof marks and barrelsmith's mark IP or TP
22¾in.
Provenance
Longleat House, Warminster. Received as a gift from the late Marquess of Bath