A FLEMISH FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS with two-stage brass barrel with turned elliptical muzzle, engraved tang, flat bevelled lock chiselled with trophies of arms in low relief against a granular ground, moulded figured walnut full stock (a working replacement) carved with foliage around the barrel tang and behind the cheekpiece, brass mounts including pierced foliate side-plate involving a trophy of arms, an eagle above, later pierced escutcheon, and butt-plate and trigger-guard (rear finial missing) each cast and chased with the figure of Mars against a granular ground, the former (cracked) with a grotesque mask above, and brass-capped ramrod, unsigned, mid-18th Century

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A FLEMISH FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS with two-stage brass barrel with turned elliptical muzzle, engraved tang, flat bevelled lock chiselled with trophies of arms in low relief against a granular ground, moulded figured walnut full stock (a working replacement) carved with foliage around the barrel tang and behind the cheekpiece, brass mounts including pierced foliate side-plate involving a trophy of arms, an eagle above, later pierced escutcheon, and butt-plate and trigger-guard (rear finial missing) each cast and chased with the figure of Mars against a granular ground, the former (cracked) with a grotesque mask above, and brass-capped ramrod, unsigned, mid-18th Century
22in.

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