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CIRCA 1690, PERHAPS WELSH
Details
A Flintlock Blunderbuss
Circa 1690, perhaps Welsh
With two-stage iron barrel cut with seven straight grooves and with a pronounced moulding at the muzzle, the breech section octagonal then sixteen-sided, border engraved rectangular tang, plain rounded lock with separate pan (cock associated), moulded blackened elm full stock (fore-end chipped and partly replaced) with raised apron at the barrel tang terminating in a circular button, brass mounts including flat butt-plate secured by tacks, and pierced scrolled side-plate, cast and chased escutcheon with grotesque mask above, and associated brass-capped ramrod with worm
34in. (86.4cm.)
Circa 1690, perhaps Welsh
With two-stage iron barrel cut with seven straight grooves and with a pronounced moulding at the muzzle, the breech section octagonal then sixteen-sided, border engraved rectangular tang, plain rounded lock with separate pan (cock associated), moulded blackened elm full stock (fore-end chipped and partly replaced) with raised apron at the barrel tang terminating in a circular button, brass mounts including flat butt-plate secured by tacks, and pierced scrolled side-plate, cast and chased escutcheon with grotesque mask above, and associated brass-capped ramrod with worm
34in. (86.4cm.)
Provenance
The Mostyns, Gloddaeth Hall, Caernarvonshire
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, pp. 317-8, plates 128 a-d
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.