拍品专文
John Waters was granted British patent no. 1284 on 9th March 1781 for attaching bayonets to pistols. He is generally credited with the invention of the spring bayonet
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BY WATERS & CO., PATENT USE NO. 397, CIRCA 1785
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A RARE PATENT BRASS FLINTLOCK BOXLOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL
BY WATERS & CO., PATENT USE NO. 397, CIRCA 1785
With belled two-stage brass barrel fitted with a spring bayonet beneath and mounted with a rib and two ramrod-pipes off-set to the left, border engraved action signed 'WATERS & CO.' on the right and 'PATENT NO. 397' on the left, border engraved thumbpiece safety-catch, figured flat-sided walnut butt, engraved iron trigger-guard with second trigger acting as the bayonet release, and later iron ramrod, Tower private proof marks
7½in (19cm) barrel
BY WATERS & CO., PATENT USE NO. 397, CIRCA 1785
With belled two-stage brass barrel fitted with a spring bayonet beneath and mounted with a rib and two ramrod-pipes off-set to the left, border engraved action signed 'WATERS & CO.' on the right and 'PATENT NO. 397' on the left, border engraved thumbpiece safety-catch, figured flat-sided walnut butt, engraved iron trigger-guard with second trigger acting as the bayonet release, and later iron ramrod, Tower private proof marks
7½in (19cm) barrel