Lot Essay
David Collumbell was appointed Gunmaker to Ordnance in 1756, and to the East India Company in 1761
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A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS OF SERVICE TYPE
BY DAVID COLLUMBELL, LONDON, CIRCA 1760
With belled brass barrel with two turns at the muzzle, plain iron tang, signed rounded border engraved lock (signature indistinct), walnut full stock, regulation brass mounts, and associated iron ramrod (iron parts with surface pitting), London proof marks
32½in.
BY DAVID COLLUMBELL, LONDON, CIRCA 1760
With belled brass barrel with two turns at the muzzle, plain iron tang, signed rounded border engraved lock (signature indistinct), walnut full stock, regulation brass mounts, and associated iron ramrod (iron parts with surface pitting), London proof marks
32½in.