Fine Modern & Antique Arms - December 2024 : Sale A1224 Lot 409
AN EARLY 17th CENTURY .750 ENGLISH MATCHLOCK MUSKET,

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AN EARLY 17th CENTURY .750 ENGLISH MATCHLOCK MUSKET,
circa 1610, with probably shortened 38 1/2in. two-stage barrel with moulded girdle at the intersection, dove-tail for a fore-sight behind the bevelled muzzle (sight absent), standing notch rear-sight co-joining a pillar-mounted flash-guard, deeply struck proofmark, armourer's stamp and maker's mark (possibly 'S.W.') at breech, squared solid top-tang fixed from below, rectangular iron lockplate with matching maker's stamp and match-holder engraved as a rolling cloud, hinged manual pan-cover, folded full finger-length sheet-iron trigger guard bow, plain trigger, restocked (probably in the Victorian era) in the correct fashion with a walnut full-stock with angular fish-tail butt and under-barrel ramrod (fractured and fixed in place)



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Estimate £800-1,200