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M ELEY · 22nd February 2011, 06:06 AM

A very nice piece, Fernando. I especially love the lock. Blunderbuss such as this seems to have served much like their British equivilents, as coach guns to ward off potential thieves and in a naval capacity, as a dissuader for mutiny. True to tell, I am weak in the study of foot troops and their usage of blunderbuss in the field. Certainly, you would be correct in that military examples, both land and sea, would be plain and lack the finer decor that some pieces possess (think 'hirshfanger' decorations). I have yet to see blunderbuss with rack numbers, unit markings, etc, but proof marks are not uncommon. I'd love one of these for my collection. Maybe some day-

A cool site with a nice Dutch VOC blunderbuss. Check out pg 3 Span private purchase naval for a similar lock to yours.
http://spanishmainantiques.com/brows...e=3&pageID=966

22nd February 2011, 06:06 AM	#3
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	A very nice piece, Fernando. I especially love the lock. Blunderbuss such as this seems to have served much like their British equivilents, as coach guns to ward off potential thieves and in a naval capacity, as a dissuader for mutiny. True to tell, I am weak in the study of foot troops and their usage of blunderbuss in the field. Certainly, you would be correct in that military examples, both land and sea, would be plain and lack the finer decor that some pieces possess (think 'hirshfanger' decorations). I have yet to see blunderbuss with rack numbers, unit markings, etc, but proof marks are not uncommon. I'd love one of these for my collection. Maybe some day- A cool site with a nice Dutch VOC blunderbuss. Check out pg 3 Span private purchase naval for a similar lock to yours. http://spanishmainantiques.com/brows...e=3&pageID=966 Last edited by M ELEY; 22nd February 2011 at 06:42 AM.