A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY RICHARD (1) WILSON, LONDON, 1760
with brass barrel formed in four stages, struck with the barrelsmith's mark, London view and proof marks, and signed 'Wilson * London' over the breech, engraved grooved iron tang, border-engraved rounded lock signed beneath the pan, decorated with a bouquet on the tail and fitted with bolt safety-catch (cock and steel working replacements), figured walnut full stock carved with a scalloped moulding about the tang, brass mounts cast in low relief, comprising trigger-guard engraved with a rococo flower on the bow en suite with the lock and with acorn finial of early form, butt-plate with engraved tang, vacant escutcheon, two ramrod-pipes and brass-tipped ramrod with iron worm, perhaps the original
80.0 cm; 31 1/2 in overall