25th Jun, 2014 10:00

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 364
 

364

**A .700 CALIBRE BRITISH LIGHT FLINTLOCK MUSKET BY GALTON

**A .700 CALIBRE BRITISH LIGHT FLINTLOCK MUSKET BY GALTON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrel struck with proof marks over the breech (obscured, tang cracked and repaired), signed rounded border-engraved lock engraved with a crown beneath the lock (cock associated), figured walnut full stock (cracks and repairs), and brass mounts of regulation type including trigger-guard with moulded bud-shaped finial, butt-plate numbered '13' on the tang, vacant escutcheon and four ramrod-pipes (one replaced), one sling swivel (the other missing) and iron ramrod 94 cm; 37 in barrel Samuel Galton Junior is recorded in Birmingham 1796-1819 making complete arms including 1813 Indian arms. See Bailey 1999, p. 45.

Sold for £1,500


 
**A .700 CALIBRE BRITISH LIGHT FLINTLOCK MUSKET BY GALTON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with tapering sighted barrel struck with proof marks over the breech (obscured, tang cracked and repaired), signed rounded border-engraved lock engraved with a crown beneath the lock (cock associated), figured walnut full stock (cracks and repairs), and brass mounts of regulation type including trigger-guard with moulded bud-shaped finial, butt-plate numbered '13' on the tang, vacant escutcheon and four ramrod-pipes (one replaced), one sling swivel (the other missing) and iron ramrod 94 cm; 37 in barrel Samuel Galton Junior is recorded in Birmingham 1796-1819 making complete arms including 1813 Indian arms. See Bailey 1999, p. 45.