INTERESTING ENGLISH FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL BY JOHN BARR LIVERPOOL, LANCASTER CIRCA 1770.

INTERESTING ENGLISH FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL BY JOHN BARR LIVERPOOL, LANCASTER CIRCA 1770. SN NSN. All brass mounts including lockplate. Brass bbl with distinct flare muzzle. Lock with rudimentary engraving. Orig cock with punch engraving orig frizzen with line engraving. Bbl with Birmingham proofs and engraving at breech. Open work brass sideplate in English tradition. Spurred butt with engraved flowers. Walnut full stock molded behind tang and large brass plaque holding stock together engraved spuriously “Captain J. M. NIELL H.M.S. Result”. As the HMS Result was not built until 1893 one must conclude that the inscription on the plate is apocryphal. Still this is a fine English blunderbuss pistol at the age of sale. CONDITION: All brass quite crisp. Top jaw and screw replaced. Stock has been cracked through wrist hence the large brass plate repairing it otherwise stock is in fine condition with one very small chip in wood on right side near bell. 4-49384 (4,000-6,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2575	$0.00	INTERESTING ENGLISH FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL BY JOHN BARR LIVERPOOL, LANCASTER CIRCA 1770. SN NSN. All brass mounts including lockplate. Brass bbl with distinct flare muzzle. Lock with rudimentary engraving. Orig cock with punch engraving orig frizzen with line engraving. Bbl with Birmingham proofs and engraving at breech. Open work brass sideplate in English tradition. Spurred butt with engraved flowers. Walnut full stock molded behind tang and large brass plaque holding stock together engraved spuriously “Captain J. M. NIELL H.M.S. Result”. As the HMS Result was not built until 1893 one must conclude that the inscription on the plate is apocryphal. Still this is a fine English blunderbuss pistol at the age of sale. CONDITION: All brass quite crisp. Top jaw and screw replaced. Stock has been cracked through wrist hence the large brass plate repairing it otherwise stock is in fine condition with one very small chip in wood on right side near bell. 4-49384 (4,000-6,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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