25th Jun, 2014 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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**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.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 25th Jun, 2014
