Flintlock blunderbuss, 1760s-1780s

flintlock; brass barrel; with ramrod; ornate engraving of leaves and feathers on top of barrel; engraving on rear barrel strap, trigger guard, and butt tang; brass escutcheon on wrist with crown above and urn below; inlaid brass insert on left hand side opposite lock

markings:

engraved on top of barrel: Cork

proof marks on rear left hand side of barrel: [crown] / P; A / V

W1421 (war)

10952 (ethnology)

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