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3rd February 2023, 03:51 PM
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Help with proof marks.
Can anybody please help with identifying these proof marks on a Dutch matchlock ? The barrel is marked with the guild mark associated with the port of Vlissingen better known to British sailors as Flushing. The mark shown is struck twice but with a different scale of punch. There's a possibility this was one of the many Dutch muskets imported for the English civil war. The mark has superficial similarities with the arms of the Company of Blacksmiths but maybe that's just wishfull thinking.
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3rd February 2023, 10:28 PM
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Haven't found what I think is a definite match, but am wondering if there are initials (I K? I R? L K? L R?) within the more clearly-struck mark. If so, there are some similar (but not exact) marks associated with some of the Kletts, and I found the below with the initials L R. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chime in.
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4th February 2023, 11:21 AM
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Would you please show us the entire gun, Raf ...
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4th February 2023, 12:12 PM
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As requested.
Last edited by Raf; 4th February 2023 at 12:29 PM. Reason: added image |
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4th February 2023, 01:00 PM
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Great gun ... and great set
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4th February 2023, 04:26 PM
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This can also be a Nuenberg mark, see Neuer Stöckel p. 1095
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