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A BRITISH REGIMENTALLY MARKED MILITIA MUSKET,
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Marlborough, Massachusetts
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A BRITISH REGIMENTALLY MARKED MILITIA MUSKET, by Joseph Loder, London, last quarter of the 18th century. 41 3/4 in., .78 caliber barrel with ring decoration at the breech and London Company of Gunmakers proof marks on the left side of the breech; flat lock plate with stepped tail, engraved 'Loder' below the pan; walnut stock with carved plateau around the breech plug tang, stamped behind the side plate 'TM/LLV/3/REG' and rammer channel marked 'WH' and 'VI'; brass furniture including a Short Land Pattern-style butt plate engraved '38' on the tang, Land Pattern-style thumb piece engraved 'B', Land Pattern-style trigger guard, flat side plate with pointed tail, brass nose cap and Land Pattern-style rammer pipes; sling swivels, steel rammer with button head and plain end. Overall lg. 57 1/2 in. Condition: Barrel toned to dark brown; lock toned to mottled gray/brown; stock has a through crack in front of the upper rammer pipe, cracks and a loss along the rammer channel, a crack on the underside of the lock area and scattered dings and dents, action functions properly. Footnotes: Provenance Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. James D. Julia Auction, March 2014, Lot 2561. 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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A BRITISH REGIMENTALLY MARKED MILITIA MUSKET, by Joseph Loder, London, last quarter of the 18th century. 41 3/4 in., .78 caliber barrel with ring decoration at the breech and London Company of Gunmakers proof marks on the left side of the breech; flat lock plate with stepped tail, engraved 'Loder' below the pan; walnut stock with carved plateau around the breech plug tang, stamped behind the side plate 'TM/LLV/3/REG' and rammer channel marked 'WH' and 'VI'; brass furniture including a Short Land Pattern-style butt plate engraved '38' on the tang, Land Pattern-style thumb piece engraved 'B', Land Pattern-style trigger guard, flat side plate with pointed tail, brass nose cap and Land Pattern-style rammer pipes; sling swivels, steel rammer with button head and plain end. Overall lg. 57 1/2 in. Condition: Barrel toned to dark brown; lock toned to mottled gray/brown; stock has a through crack in front of the upper rammer pipe, cracks and a loss along the rammer channel, a crack on the underside of the lock area and scattered dings and dents, action functions properly. Footnotes: Provenance Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. James D. Julia Auction, March 2014, Lot 2561. 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
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01752
United States
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