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Lot n° 156

Long blunderbuss probably of navy with flint,...

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Long blunderbuss probably of navy with flint, iron barrel, octagonal on the half, then round and ovalized, point of aim out of brass, interior dimension with the end 30 X 49 mm; lock of military type, punched of a crowned flower of lily and, below, of the letter: "E" (probably: "S. E.", the S erased), it is signed: "Charleville", hammer with swan neck; iron fittings, cut, plain, iron rod on the counterplate side, with a ring; walnut stock, slightly carved (trace of an anchor on the left side, partly erased); iron ramrod of military type; length 104 cm. Circa 1750/1770, the lock a little older (1730/1740). Good condition.