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145 - A RARE WATERS PATENT FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL WITH SPRING BAYONET BY WATERS & CO, BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1780
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£800 - 1,200 (€950 - 1,500)Sale fees
A RARE WATERS PATENT FLINTLOCK BOX-LOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL WITH SPRING BAYONET BY WATERS & CO, BIRMINGHAM, CIRCA 1780 the 7½in. flared brass barrel with moulded muzzle, side-mounted ramrod with bone tip, folding spring bayonet beneath with locking catch to side, the lock plates inscribed Waters & Co. / Patent and numbered '166', steel trigger-guard incorporating bayonet release and engraved with a diamond-shaped panel under the bow, engraved thumbpiece safety-catch, and figured butt with silver grotesque mask, overall -- 13in. (33cm.) ; together with a copper powder flask formed as two entwined dolphins, adjustable nozzle with sprung release (2)
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