Miscellaneous >> 18TH C BLUNDERBUSS BY NOCK

An 18th Century Blunderbuss.

The brass barrel with a flared and ringed muzzle, tapering inward and backward to a ring fronted octagonal staging.  The barrel topped with a spring release triangular and concave sided bayonet.  The steel flint lock mechanism engraved 'H NOCK' for Henry Nock, 1741 - 1804.  The underside with a ramrod held within ringed brass pipes, the trigger guard with floral engraving, finished to the end with a flower head finial.  The walnut stock with a hatched hand hold, and brass butt plate.

Date c 1780.

Height 7 1/2 inches, length 30 inches, depth 2 1/2 inches.