Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

455A FLINTLOCK RIFLE OF BAKER TYPESIGNED HENRY NOCK, BIRMINGHAMPROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1813-20,POSSIBLY FOR EXPORT TO PRUSSIA455457the breech tang stamped 41, signedlock with engraved borders, the stockretaining traces of a mark opposite thelock (extensively cleaned throughout,ramrod missing)105cm; 41D in barrelA number shipments of Baker and otherrifles, including some of inferior andpossibly even foreign make were issuedby the Board of Ordnance when Britainwas supporting the wars against theFrench and their allies between 1793-1813.On 27th March 1813......‘to be shippedwith the greatest expedition to Prussiaan order including 500 rifles & swordswith 400 rounds per rifle’. See De WittBailey 2002, pp.169-170.£1000-1200456A PRUSSIAN MODEL 1839/55PERCUSSION RIFLE, DATED 1856the lock with Potsdam arsenal marking,stamped throughout with arsenalmarkings, and with its steel ramrod104.7cm; 41D in barrel£600-800457A PRUSSIAN MODEL 1849PERCUSSION MUSKET458converted from an earlier Frenchflintlock, the lock retaining traces of StEtienne arsenal markings, and with itssteel ramrod100cm; 39D in barrel£250-350458A PRUSSIAN MODEL 1854 DREYSESYSTEM NEEDLE-FIRE MARINE‘PIKENBÜCHSE’ NO. 1536, DATED 185-with rebrowned barrel fitted with its steelbayonet retained by a spring catchbeneath the muzzle, the receiver andmounts stamped with arsenal markingsand with matching numbers throughout76cm; 30in barrel£800-1000191