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The following five Lots formed part of a stand of muskets of the Thoresby Volunteers, a regiment raised in circa 1802-03 by Herbert Pierrepoint to counter the threat of invasion by Napoleon
A .75 FLINTLOCK MUSKET OF THE THORESBY VOLUNTEERS
BY KNUBLEY, LONDON, NO. 7, CIRCA 1802
細節
A .75 FLINTLOCK MUSKET OF THE THORESBY VOLUNTEERS
BY KNUBLEY, LONDON, NO. 7, CIRCA 1802
With rebrowned barrel signed 'LONDON', grooved tang, flat bevelled lock signed 'KNUBLEY' and with stepped tail and roller, regulation type walnut three-quarter stock, regulation type brass mounts including butt-plate and trigger-guard each numbered '7', brass escutcheon engraved with the Pierrepoint crest, side-nails numbered '7', and iron ramrod, Tower private proof marks; together with original socket bayonet numbered '7'
38½in (97.8cm) barrel
BY KNUBLEY, LONDON, NO. 7, CIRCA 1802
With rebrowned barrel signed 'LONDON', grooved tang, flat bevelled lock signed 'KNUBLEY' and with stepped tail and roller, regulation type walnut three-quarter stock, regulation type brass mounts including butt-plate and trigger-guard each numbered '7', brass escutcheon engraved with the Pierrepoint crest, side-nails numbered '7', and iron ramrod, Tower private proof marks; together with original socket bayonet numbered '7'
38½in (97.8cm) barrel
來源
Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire, Sotheby's, 1st June 1989, Lot 1098