Fine Modern & Antique Guns - June 2013 : Sale A1072 Lot 402
A 12-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED BLUNDERBUSS WITH FOLDING BAYONET SIGNED 'TOWER', no visible serial number,

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A 12-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED BLUNDERBUSS WITH FOLDING BAYONET SIGNED 'TOWER', no visible serial number,
circa 1780, with triple-staged banded cannon-muzzled barrel, London proofs to breech, iron fan-tailed tang with iron pull-back bayonet release catch, iron triangular folding bayonet with catch at muzzle (spring broken), curved and radiused lockplate signed 'TOWER' at the tail with the Royal crown mark forwards of the hammer, ordnance inspector stamp, rounded top-jaw to hammer, walnut handrail full-stock, brass furniture including flat heel-plate, trigger-guard and side-plate, replacement brass-tipped ramrod (some minor splits to stock, some pitting to exposed iron parts

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Estimate £800-1,200