A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY FRANCIS SMART, CIRCA 1690
Similar Sale History
View More Items in Coins, Currency & StampsRelated Coins, Currency & Stamps
More Items in Coins, Currency & Stamps
View MoreRecommended Collectibles
View MoreItem Details
Description
A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY FRANCIS SMART, CIRCA 1690
with brass barrel formed in three stages, formed with a raised moulding and struck with the barreslmith's mark, London view and proof marks at the breech, iron tang, signed border-engraved iron lock retained by three screws, full stock carved with a raised moulding about the tang (chipped ahead of the lock, cracked on one side of the butt), brass mounts including trigger-guard with arrow shaped terminal, butt-plate, flush-fitting side-plate, and a single moulded ramrod-pipe, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod
73.5 cm; 29 in barrel
Francis Smart was apprenticed to Godfrey Tailor in 1686, was free of the Gunmakers Company 1693 and is recorded 'at the Cross Guns and Three Crowns' Leadenhall Street in 1711. He was Gunmaker to Ordnance 1695-1720 and exported 2500 gunlocks to Barbary in 1721.
with brass barrel formed in three stages, formed with a raised moulding and struck with the barreslmith's mark, London view and proof marks at the breech, iron tang, signed border-engraved iron lock retained by three screws, full stock carved with a raised moulding about the tang (chipped ahead of the lock, cracked on one side of the butt), brass mounts including trigger-guard with arrow shaped terminal, butt-plate, flush-fitting side-plate, and a single moulded ramrod-pipe, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod
73.5 cm; 29 in barrel
Francis Smart was apprenticed to Godfrey Tailor in 1686, was free of the Gunmakers Company 1693 and is recorded 'at the Cross Guns and Three Crowns' Leadenhall Street in 1711. He was Gunmaker to Ordnance 1695-1720 and exported 2500 gunlocks to Barbary in 1721.
Buyer's Premium
- 27%
A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY FRANCIS SMART, CIRCA 1690
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000
4 bidders are watching this item.
Shipping & Pickup Options
Item located in London, ukSee Policy for Shipping
Payment
TOP