A Fine Flintlock Blunderbuss by W. Turvey, London. With belled octagonal to round barrel, signed ‘W + TURVEY + LONDON’ along the top-flat and stamped with London proofs and Turveys barrels smith  mark, foliate engraved tang, signed border engraved lock with dog-catch safety, full-stocked in walnut with raised apron around the tang, lock and side-plate, engraved brass mounts comprising foliate engraved side-plate and butt-cap, vacant oval escutcheon, foliate engraved trigger guard decorated with a flower on the bow and acanthus leaf finial, turned ramrod pipes and brass tipped ramrod. The blunderbuss of large size overall. In crisp condition. 

TURVEY

William Apprentice to Edward Turvey, 1703; free of Gunmakers Co., 1711. Elected Assistant, 1727; Master 1733. Gunmaker nest to Furnivall’s Inn, Holborn. Contractor to Ordnance, 1719; East India Co., 1741. Died 1744. Widow Sara continued business.  

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

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