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Hello everybody,
Could someone tell me more about this blunderbuss. I would like to know if it is a work from XVIII or XIX TH century and I will be happy if I could learn more about this weapon. Thank you in advance Cerjak |
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Hi Cerjak,
Congratulations: this is a very nice, sturdy and obviously historically remarkable English flintlock blunderbuss of ca. 1790; please note the shape of the lock parts and the sliding safety catch left of the cock. The inscriptions, especially on the impressive muzzle face, suggest that it once was used by a postman of the Royal York Mail. Unfortunately I could not identify the proof marks. Just imagine you were a late 18th-c. highway man trying to mind your 'business', and all of a sudden had to face this muzzle loaded with eight to ten musket balls - reading the inscription while the dog was cocked! ![]() ![]() What bore is it? Best, Michael Last edited by Matchlock; 22nd February 2012 at 07:55 PM. |
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Hola, Cerjak:
Tengo mas dudas que certezas.....Me parece que es una falsificación, o al menos, un trabuco al que se le ha agregado leyendas. YORK MAIL está punzonado con punzones completos,(cada letra) cuando lo habitual era que se fuera armando con punzones simples. Lo mismo para la inscripción HIS MAJESTIES MAIL, cuando lo habitual era HAPPY HE HE ESCAPES ME. El punzón que imita al punzón del Banco de Pruebas (London o Birmingham) no creo que perteneciera a un arma oficial, de la corona.... Es solo una opinión Afectuosamente. Fernando K Hello, Cerjak: I have more doubts than certainties ..... I think it's a fake, or at least, a blunderbuss where inscriptions were added. YORK MAIL is stamped with loose punctions when it was usual to engrave continuous lettering. Same for the inscription HIS MAJESTIES MAIL, contrary to the usual HAPPY HE ESCAPES ME. The punction that imitates the Proof house marks (London or Birmingham), i do not think it belonged to an official crown gun .... It's just an opinion Affectionately. Fernando K Last edited by fernando; 22nd February 2012 at 07:50 PM. |
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... And i am no linguist but, i guess it should be either His Majesty or Their Majesties, right ?
![]() Probably the phrase was not written by an english speaking person ? ![]() A nice blunderbuss, in any case ![]() |
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... And the lock doesn't have the slightest mark
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http://www.lukehistory.com/resources/yorkdec.html Regards Cerjak |
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