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A FLINTLOCK SEA SERVICE MUSKETOON BY BROOKS, CIRCA 1790 with 58cm; 22 7/8in steel barrel flared a
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A FLINTLOCK SEA SERVICE MUSKETOON BY BROOKS, CIRCA 1790 with 58cm; 22 7/8in steel barrel flared at the muzzle and struck with view, proof and Ordnance marks, signed border-engraved lock engraved 'Tower' and with Ordnance mark (rubbed, the lower portion only of the steel remaining), figured walnut full stock, the butt with flat-topped comb, brass mounts of regulation type comprising trigger-guard, side-plate, butt-plate and ramrod-pipe, and contemporary brass-tipped wooden ramrod (the tip missing) 99cm; 39in Inv. no. F084. See H.L. Blackmore 1961, p.99.
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A FLINTLOCK SEA SERVICE MUSKETOON BY BROOKS, CIRCA 1790 with 58cm; 22 7/8in steel barrel flared at the muzzle and struck with view, proof and Ordnance marks, signed border-engraved lock engraved 'Tower' and with Ordnance mark (rubbed, the lower portion only of the steel remaining), figured walnut full stock, the butt with flat-topped comb, brass mounts of regulation type comprising trigger-guard, side-plate, butt-plate and ramrod-pipe, and contemporary brass-tipped wooden ramrod (the tip missing) 99cm; 39in Inv. no. F084. See H.L. Blackmore 1961, p.99.
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