A .650 (16-Bore) Flintlock Baker Pattern Volunteer Rifle Early 19th...
A .650 (16-Bore) Flintlock Baker Pattern Volunteer Rifle
Early 19th Century
Probably reconverted from percussion, with sighted barrel (some old rust patination and light pitting) rifled with seven spiral grooves and engraved 'LONDON' at the breech, plain tang, flat bevelled lock with 'GR' crowned and 'TOWER' across the lightly engraved tail, figured three-quarter stock (old bruising, minor area of damage on one side of the ramrod channel) with cheek-piece, regulation brass mounts comprising side-plate, butt-plate (some bruising) numbered '27' on the heel tang, spur trigger-guard, ramrod-pipes and fore-end cap, sling loops (one replaced), and replacement steel ramrod of the correct pattern, Tower private proof marks, indistinct barrelsmith's mark, perhaps of Henry Nock
74 cm. barrel
Provenance
The Penrose Collection
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A .650 (16-Bore) Flintlock Baker Pattern Volunteer Rifle
Early 19th Century
Probably reconverted from percussion, with sighted barrel (some old rust patination and light pitting) rifled with seven spiral grooves and engraved 'LONDON' at the breech, plain tang, flat bevelled lock with 'GR' crowned and 'TOWER' across the lightly engraved tail, figured three-quarter stock (old bruising, minor area of damage on one side of the ramrod channel) with cheek-piece, regulation brass mounts comprising side-plate, butt-plate (some bruising) numbered '27' on the heel tang, spur trigger-guard, ramrod-pipes and fore-end cap, sling loops (one replaced), and replacement steel ramrod of the correct pattern, Tower private proof marks, indistinct barrelsmith's mark, perhaps of Henry Nock
74 cm. barrel
Provenance
The Penrose Collection
