A Good 10-Bore Percussion Carbine by Parker Field & Sons, With round browned sighted barrel stamped with London proofs, plain tang, signed bevelled lock, retaining some original colour, full stocked in walnut retaining original varnish, brass mounts comprising butt-plate, trigger guard and ramrod pipes, retaining original steel ramrod. In very good clean original condition overall.
PARKER
William Gunmaker (Successor of Field & Parker). 233 High Holborn, 1793-1841; 10 Chamber Street, 1839-41. Workshop & Stores at 22 Chamber Street., 1806; 52 & 31/2 Chamber St., 1808; Glasshouse Yard & Chamber Street. Gunmakers to Duke of Kent, Prince Edward & William IV (trade labels). Contractor to Ordnance, 1804-38; East India Co., 1805-41; Hudson Bay Co., 1837-41. Supplied Arms to London Police Officers from 1803, Metropolitan Police from 1829. Died aged 68. Succeeded by Parker, Field & Sons.
Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA.
Dimensions:
Bore: 10-Bore
Barrel Length: 84.5 cm
Overall Length: 127 cm