27th Jun, 2012 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
558
A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY JOSEPH BUCKMASTER
A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY JOSEPH BUCKMASTER, LONDON, CIRCA 1740
of regulation or livery type, with tapering barrel stamped with the barrelsmith's mark of Joseph Buckmaster at the breech, rounded lock stamped 'Buckmaster', walnut full stock carved with an apron about the tang (the fore-end cracked, light worm damage), brass mounts comprising pommel, trigger-guard and baluster ramrod pipe, and wooden ramrod
47.5cm; 18 3/4in
Joseph Buckmaster was gunmaker to the Hudson's Bay Company circa 1745-64 and to the Ordnance 1756-60. He was fined for receiving guns with the King's mark in 1761. See H. L. Blackmore 1986, p. 63.
Unsold
A 20 BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY JOSEPH BUCKMASTER, LONDON, CIRCA 1740
of regulation or livery type, with tapering barrel stamped with the barrelsmith's mark of Joseph Buckmaster at the breech, rounded lock stamped 'Buckmaster', walnut full stock carved with an apron about the tang (the fore-end cracked, light worm damage), brass mounts comprising pommel, trigger-guard and baluster ramrod pipe, and wooden ramrod
47.5cm; 18 3/4in
Joseph Buckmaster was gunmaker to the Hudson's Bay Company circa 1745-64 and to the Ordnance 1756-60. He was fined for receiving guns with the King's mark in 1761. See H. L. Blackmore 1986, p. 63.
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 27th Jun, 2012
