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Early Club Butt Fowler,
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Marlborough, Massachusetts
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Early Club Butt Fowler, c. 1720. 53 1/8 in., .87 caliber octagon to round matchlock musket barrel, double ring transition at 17 in. from the breech, flaring muzzle; curved English lock with double line border engraving marked 'W/BRAZIER' below the pan; heavy maple stock with molded edges on the underside of the butt; sheet iron trigger guard with pointed finial and two sheet brass rammer pipes; wood rammer. Overall lg. 63 1/4 in. Condition: Barrel and lock toned to deep brown with underlying pitting; stock has old, untouched surface; trigger guard toned to deep brown; rammer pipes toned to deep yellow/brown. Footnotes: Literature Illustrated and described in Tom Grinslade, Flintlock Fowlers The First Guns Made in America, American Fowling Pieces from 1700-1820, (Pottsboro, Texas: Crazy Crow Trading Post, 2005), p. 98 and color plate p. 117. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Early Club Butt Fowler, c. 1720. 53 1/8 in., .87 caliber octagon to round matchlock musket barrel, double ring transition at 17 in. from the breech, flaring muzzle; curved English lock with double line border engraving marked 'W/BRAZIER' below the pan; heavy maple stock with molded edges on the underside of the butt; sheet iron trigger guard with pointed finial and two sheet brass rammer pipes; wood rammer. Overall lg. 63 1/4 in. Condition: Barrel and lock toned to deep brown with underlying pitting; stock has old, untouched surface; trigger guard toned to deep brown; rammer pipes toned to deep yellow/brown. Footnotes: Literature Illustrated and described in Tom Grinslade, Flintlock Fowlers The First Guns Made in America, American Fowling Pieces from 1700-1820, (Pottsboro, Texas: Crazy Crow Trading Post, 2005), p. 98 and color plate p. 117. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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Marlborough
Massachusetts
01752
United States
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