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Brass Barrel Blunder Bus, Broken wrist

Brass Barrel Blunder Bus, Broken wrist
Brass Barrel Blunder Bus, Broken wrist
Brass Barrel Blunder Bus, Broken wrist
Title
Brass Barrel Blunder Bus, Broken wrist
Object name 
Blunderbuss
Date 
1760-1790
Medium 
Wood, iron, brass
Dimensions 
barrel length: 15 7/8 in. ( 40.3 cm ) Overall: 31 in. ( 78.7 cm )
Description 
Wood, iron, and brass flintlock blunderbuss; brass cannon barrel with decorative ring, crimping at bore, and raised shell carving around iron tang; brass furniture with floral trigger guard, shell-shaped escutcheon plate, and decorative side plate with scalloped and floral designs; trumpet head iron ramrod with two pipes; floral engravings on barrel, tail of lockplate, trigger guard, and buttplate; stamped mark at center of brass lockplate; stamped proofs at breech end of barrel.
Object Number 
INV.5732
Marks 
stamped: lockplate: "HARLEY" stamped: barrel: "P" "V" (both below crown); "TH"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group