An Early Flintlock Blunderbuss by W. Brazier, London. With three-stage brass barrel swelling at the muzzle, stamped at the breech with London proofs and Braziers own mark, plain steel tang, border engraved ‘banana’ lock-plate stamped with makers name, cock decorated en suite, full-stocked in walnut (slither repair at the muzzle end) with raised moulding around the tang and swelling around the ram-rod opening, engraved brass mounts comprising foliate engraved side-plate, flat butt plate nailed in, plain trigger guard and turned ramrod pipes, with what appears to be original brass tipped ramrod.

Brazier

William. Apprenticed to Edmund Weston, 1702; free of Gun Makers Co., 1711. At the Royal Oak, Minors, 1717. Reprimanded for selling ‘Two Pattern Guns to Mr Farmer in Birmingham to ye prejudice of the Trade’, 1721. Elected Assistant, 1723; Master, 1730, 1747. Gunmaker, Minors, near Tower Hill, 1736. Contractor to Ordnance, 1714-15. Last reference 1753.

Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA.


Dimensions:

Bore: n/a
Barrel Length: 13.75 Inches (17.78 cm)
Overall Length: 28.5 Inches (36.83 cm)