ENGLISH BRASS BARRELLED FLINTLOCK COACHING BLUNDERBUSS
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £400 - £600
Auction: Day 1 - Wed 14th May from 10am | Lots 1 to 313
Description
by Dunderdale, Mabson & Labron, the flat stepped lock with signed ‘Dunderdale, Mabson & Labron’, the brass octagonal and canon end barrel with Birmingham proof marks, top flat of the barrel with captive spring bayonet, full walnut stock with chequered grip and brass butt plate; together with an ENGLISH BRASS BARRELLED PERCUSSION COACHING BLUNDERBUSS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, by Ketland & Co, the plain lock with signed ‘Ketland’, the brass flared barrel with Birmingham proof marks, full walnut stock with brass butt plate (2)
Dimensions
81cm long, 16cm wide
Footnote
Deeds held by Birmingham Archive show that the gun makers John Dunderdale, John Mabson & James Augustus Labron formed a co-partnership in 1808, which was dissolved on Dunderdale's death in 1822, and was registered at 25 Russell Street, Birmingham. It appears to be a family firm as the same three surnames crop up in the family tree; with James Augustus Labron, son of James Labron and Mary Dunderdale, marrying Elizabeth Mabson in 1812.
Sold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament