11-20-201011-20-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
November 20, 2010 10:00 AMCalender
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First Model "Brown Bess" Flintlock Rifle and Bayonet with Scabbard

Sell one like this
$15,405$13,000
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2527MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: November 20, 2010 10:00AM

Description:

First Model "Brown Bess" Flintlock Rifle and Bayonet with Scabbard, Galton, England, first half 18th century, 46-inch round barrel marked "24" on the breech, steel and brass furniture including lockplate marked "GALTON" and with the crown symbol above "GR," turned brass ramrod pipes, escutcheon engraved "9/21," buttplate, carved walnut stock with raised carving around the tang, steel ramrod, sold together with a steel bayonet with 16 1/2 inch triangle-shaped blade and period leather scabbard with hide strap.

Note: According to a modern string tag attached to this rifle, it was carried by a Private Parker of Buckland, Massachusetts, during the American Revolution.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Steel components with light surface rust, age consistent imperfections on stock, bayonet by association.

Keywords

Galton, United Kingdom, steel bayonet, steel ramrod, Buckland, Massachusetts, Steel components