Comprising extremely rare George Bolton patent enclosed screwless flintlock mechanism from a sporting gun (cock, pan and working parts missing), the flat plate with inwardly curved tail engraved with a gundog and gamebirds in a landscape above 'G. Bolton Esq., London, Inv.t.' and with 'patent', a crown above over 'T. Fisher Maker' (rust patinated overall); a Maynard's tape priming mechanism of characteristic form, stamped 'VXR' crowned and 'Mass. Arms Co. Chicopee Falls U.S.A. 1856', and retaining most of its case-hardened and blued finish; a mechanism from a Westley Richards & Co. 'monkey-tail' percussion carbine, dated 1867 in a triangle on the tail; an Indian flintlock mechanism from a military musket engraved with a coat-of-arms; six percussion mechanisms from military muskets (three converted or rebuilt from flintlock), two stamped 'F.A.' and dated 1877 on the tail; two pairs and three single back-action percussion mechanisms from Continental sporting guns; two Spanish miquelet-lock mechanisms (incomplete); five Turkish miquelet-lock mechanisms from longarms (three incomplete), one with silver encrusted decoration including a date beneath the mainspring; seven Spanish percussion mechanisms from sporting guns; and three North African snaphaunce mechanisms from longarms (some parts missing, some pitting and rust patination overall) (32) The first 14 cm.
Comprising extremely rare George Bolton patent enclosed screwless flintlock mechanism from a sporting gun (cock, pan and working parts missing), the flat plate with inwardly curved tail engraved with a gundog and gamebirds in a landscape above 'G. Bolton Esq., London, Inv.t.' and with 'patent', a crown above over 'T. Fisher Maker' (rust patinated overall); a Maynard's tape priming mechanism of characteristic form, stamped 'VXR' crowned and 'Mass. Arms Co. Chicopee Falls U.S.A. 1856', and retaining most of its case-hardened and blued finish; a mechanism from a Westley Richards & Co. 'monkey-tail' percussion carbine, dated 1867 in a triangle on the tail; an Indian flintlock mechanism from a military musket engraved with a coat-of-arms; six percussion mechanisms from military muskets (three converted or rebuilt from flintlock), two stamped 'F.A.' and dated 1877 on the tail; two pairs and three single back-action percussion mechanisms from Continental sporting guns; two Spanish miquelet-lock mechanisms (incomplete); five Turkish miquelet-lock mechanisms from longarms (three incomplete), one with silver encrusted decoration including a date beneath the mainspring; seven Spanish percussion mechanisms from sporting guns; and three North African snaphaunce mechanisms from longarms (some parts missing, some pitting and rust patination overall) (32) The first 14 cm.
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