Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2015 : Sale A1215 Lot 403
SANDERS, LONDON A RARE 16-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED COACHING BLUNDERBUSS WITH INSCRIBED MUZZLE, no visible serial number,

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SANDERS, LONDON
A RARE 16-BORE FLINTLOCK BRASS-BARRELLED COACHING BLUNDERBUSS WITH INSCRIBED MUZZLE, no visible serial number,
circa 1760, with 16 1/2in. two-stage barrel, moulded band at junction with short flashes engraved to the flats, the top-flat signed 'BOROUGH LONDON', the muzzle flat engraved 'HAPPY IS HE THAT ESCAPETH ME', private proofs and makers mark 'IS' along with an engraved ball-band at breech, iron top-tang, bevel-edge step-tailed unbridled lock signed 'SANDERS' (rubbed), sliding safe behind the hammer, walnut full-stock with chequered wrist, engraved brass furniture with acorn finial, and brass mounted ramrod (stock cracked through rear side-nail and along ramrod channel)

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Estimate £800-1,200