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Description: | From Nottingham gaol. From old card index - 'Fowling piece' with flint lock, single smoothbore barrel, polished beech wood stock, with steel trigger guard and wood ramrod. English about 1820. Overall length: 142cms.; 56 ins. Bore; 20mm.;13/16 in. Barrel; overall length; 106cms. Octagonal, tapering to round 30 cms from breech blade foresight, two ramrod holders (one broken), barrel reblued. London gun proofs, (proof and view marks on left hand side of barrel at breech. Lock; steel flintlock, all external parts original. Floral and scroll engraved. Stock and furniture: New walnut stock, without side plate or butt plate. Half stocked, ends 41cms from breech. Scrolled trigger guard, lightly engraved. Wooden ramrod (possibly original), 106 cms long with brass cap. From old card index - Given by Mr John Wigglesworth.
Accession number: NCM 1887-31 | Subjects: | firearms (antique) arms and armour Nottingham and Notts. | Temporal: | 1820 (?) | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | maker | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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