SUPERB REFURBISHED**1779 Georgian British Board Of Ordnance John Tow London East India Company (EIC), Brown Bess .750 Musket Bore Muzzle Loading Flintlock Musket. Sn 20617 Muzzleloader .750 Rifles

SUPERB REFURBISHED**1779 Georgian British Board Of Ordnance John Tow London East India Company (EIC), Brown Bess .750 Musket Bore Muzzle Loading Flintlock Musket. Sn 20617 - 20617

This is an original EIC Brown Bess flintlock musket in superb condition, refurbished to a high standard at some point in its life using all original parts. It measures 54 ½” overall length with a 39” round blued steel barrel. The barrel’s smooth bore has staining and residue consistent with age and use. The barrel has Nepalese (God Gahendra's Footprints) proofs (illustrated) & has a block fore sight. Its original lock plate is crisply marked with ‘EIC’ ownership mark, ‘Tow’ (John Tow maker mark. Joseph Griffin & John Tow Gunmakers, 10 New Bond Street, 1772-82. Warehouse, Ship Yard, Minors, 1777. Contractors to East India Company. Succeeded by John Tow see Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850), ‘GR’ (King George III Rex) and dated ‘1779’. It has excellent wood work with brass furniture. The wood is marked with Board Of Ordnance ‘BO & Broad Arrow’ mark. The musket has its iron ramrod and sling swivels. The cock is fitted with flint & its cocking and firing mechanisms work crisply. The price includes UK delivery. N.B As an antique musket no licence is required to own this item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 20617

£1,795.00