24th Jun, 2015 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
584
A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS OF MILITARY TYPE
A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS OF MILITARY TYPE, GERMAN OR LOW COUNTRIES, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with sighted barrel struck with barrelmaker's mark "HR", a rosette beneath, of octagonal form changing to rounded towards a belled muzzle, plain rounded lock, walnut full stock, plain iron mounts of regulation type, iron escutcheon, and fitted with bar for a saddle-ring (acid-cleaned, the fore-end chipped along the right-hand edge and behind the ramrod-pipe, one side-nail, the muzzle-band and the ramrod all missing, the saddle-ring bar detached).
96.5cm; 38in
No Reserve
Sold for £1,400
A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS OF MILITARY TYPE, GERMAN OR LOW COUNTRIES, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with sighted barrel struck with barrelmaker's mark "HR", a rosette beneath, of octagonal form changing to rounded towards a belled muzzle, plain rounded lock, walnut full stock, plain iron mounts of regulation type, iron escutcheon, and fitted with bar for a saddle-ring (acid-cleaned, the fore-end chipped along the right-hand edge and behind the ramrod-pipe, one side-nail, the muzzle-band and the ramrod all missing, the saddle-ring bar detached).
96.5cm; 38in
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 24th Jun, 2015
