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Description: | 1. Barrel: The iron, smoothbore barrel is stamped "J. Daykin" over the breech near the barrel tang. There are two brass ramrod pipes that hold the wooden ramrod. 2. Lock: Flintlock with an iron lockplate, swan-necked cock and steel frizzen. The lockplate is engraved with a floral motif and is stamped with the maker's mark "Daykin". 3. Stock: The fore grip, stock and butt are constructed from wood (walnut). The wrist is carved in a diamon pattern. The trigger guard and butt plate are brass and are engraved with trophies., From old card index - ' Description; 'Flint lock sporting gun; side lock, engraved with the name of I Dakin of Nottingham but not made by him,; English c. 1750-60.' Overall length; 53 ins; 34.25 cms (?). Bore; 19mm. 3/4 in at muzzle. Barrel; overall length; 93.5 cms. Iron barrel tapers from breech to muzzle and is swamped at muzzle. Mounted bead foresight; two London proof marks on left hand side of barrel and marked I Dakin Nottingham at breech, where there is a little engraving. Iron tang is centrally fluted with floral engraving. Lock; Lock plate marked Daykin and line engraved with a little foliage behind the cock. The body of the swan necked cock is line and foliage engraved and the top jaw and frizzen are just line engraved. Stock and furniture; The walnut stock is half stocked terminating n a horn cap 58 cms from muzzle. The wrist is cross-hatched in a diamond form with circles in the diamonds. The brass furniture includes a brass butt cap with the tang decorated with trophies of arms etc. and is line engraved. The side plate is in lock plate form and is decorated with trophies of arms and foliage. Trigger guard is line engraved with stylised front finial and starburst design at the bottom of trigger guard. There are three ramrod pipes two attached to the barrel and one to the stock, the latter being lightly engraved. The front sight is brass with iron barrel pin and wooden ramrod (walnut) which is 86cms long. The fore end is broken near the barrel pin. The trigger has a double scroll on it and is of iron and fairly wide.',
Accession number: NCM 1938-64 | Subjects: | firearms (antique) British arms and armour Nottingham and Notts. | Temporal: | 1760-1770 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | maker Daykin/John | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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