December 10-13, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/10/2024
A slightly smaller version of the Pattern 1802 Sea Service musketoon, this example was a private-purchase or commercial model typically sold to privateers and merchant ships. 37 3/4 inches long overall, it weighs 12 pounds and 9 ounces. It is fitted with a flared, iron barrel of 22 3/4 inches length, bearing the maker's touchmark "JS" between London Company view and proof marks on the left of the barrel near breech. The lock is a commercial copy of the India Pattern military lock with the maker's name "SHERWOOD" engraved before the gooseneck cock. The brass mountings are of Sea Service form and the walnut full-stock stops 1/2 inch from muzzle edge, with a stockmaker's mark "B" behind the sideplate and setup marks in the ramrod channel, the ramrod itself being wood tipped with brass cap. The round crosspiece or pin of a swivel-yoke mount had been set into the stock at its swell, now cut-down to it just clears the wood on each side. CONDITION: the lock with a mottled grey patina and in good working order, the barrel brightened and stock sanded and varnished.