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A CHARLES MANTON FLINTLOCK MECHANISM FOR A CARBINE, AND A FLINTLOCK ENCLOSED SCREWLESS CARBINE MECHANISM

THE FIRST BY EZEKIEL BAKER, 1836-1837, THE SECOND BY HENRY NOCK, LONDON, CIRCA 1797

細節

A CHARLES MANTON FLINTLOCK MECHANISM FOR A CARBINE, AND A FLINTLOCK ENCLOSED SCREWLESS CARBINE MECHANISM
The first by Ezekiel Baker, 1836-1837, the second by Henry Nock, London, circa 1797
The first 'in the white' and stamped with crowned broad arrow mark, fitted with safety-catch, internal steel-spring, and semi-rainproof pan integral with the plate; the second with signed plate, crowned broad arrow mark, and 'GR' crowned on the pan shield
Each 5½in. (14cm.) (2)

出版

(The first) W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, The Mantons: Gunmakers, p. 215, plates 157-8
D.H.L. Back, The Mantons 1782-1878, plate 145

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品專文

The first was designed by Charles Manton, son of Joseph Manton, while Master Furbisher at the Tower of London in 1830. A thousand carbines with Charles Manton locks were produced by Ezekiel Baker and other contractors in 1836 and 1837