Page 169 - 83-BOOK3
P. 169

    LOT 3304 Scarce Queen Anne Era British E. Nicholson “Doglock” Musket - NSN, 80 cal., 45 3/4 inch round bbl., bright finish, walnut stock. Queen
Anne’s reign as the monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland laseted from 1702 until her death in 1714. She was the first to reign as queen of Great Britain following the Acts of Union. Muskets like this one would have been used by her forces in the War of the Spanish Succession which spanned her reign. The flat lock plate has Queen Anne’s “AR” cipher at the center flanked by Ordnance marks and is signed “E/NICHOLSON” behind the dog catch. The lock is not a “true doglock” given it has a half-cock notch on the tumbler, but many English flintlocks in the early 18th century retained the dog catch on the locks as an additional safety feature. The inside of the bridleless lock has a “crown/3” marking. The barrel has a bayonet stud/front sight, Ordnance proofs, and an “EN” maker’s mark. The stock has been cut back at the forend tip to allow the mounting of a socket bayonet which became widely adopted in the period. The furniture is brass and is generally very simple aside from the bulbous finial on the trigger guard. The wood ramrod has a brass tip. CONDITION: Good with a mix of dark patina and some applied brown, moderate oxidation and pitting concentrated on the breech section and lock, replaced ramrod pipes, repaired trigger guard and dog catch, heavy wear from use on the frizzen, and moderate overall wear. The restored stock is fair and is spliced from the ramrod entry pipe forward and has additional cracks and repairs, slivers and small chips absent from the edges, and mild dings and scratches. Mechanically fine. Provenance: The George Moller Collection. Estimate: 6,500 - 11,000
   LOT 3305 Documented Queen Anne Period Flintlock Horseman’s Carbine - NSN, 68 cal., 37 inch round bbl., bright finish, walnut stock. This carbine is pictured and discussed on pages 261-264 of “American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume I: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms” by George Moller and has his small “GDM” collection mark by the toe. He states: “This British horseman’s carbine was made early in the 18th century during the reign of Queen Anne. It represents an early use of cast brass furniture.” It has a rounded blade front sight, “C.O” on top at the breech, “69” on the left at the breech, “12” and some simple engraving on the barrel tang, Queen Anne’s cipher at the center of the convex “banana” lock plate and “T/GREEN/11” (Thomas Green, 1711) at the tail, a serpentine side plate with scroll rear finial, 10 inch iron sling bar with sling ring on the left, and the nearly full-length stock has the bulbous section at the ramrod entry point, a raised “plateau” around the barrel tang, “16” by the rear of the trigger guard, “IL” on the left side of the butt, and a storekeeper mark on the butt. Moller indicates “VII” is cut in the barrel channel, underside of the barrel, and on the mainspring and “XI” is on the lock and underside of the barrel. CONDITION: Very good with gray and brown patina and some mild pitting on the lock and barrel, dark aged patina on the brass furniture, moderate pitting on the ring bar, mostly crisp markings, and general mild wear. The refinished and repaired stock is also very good and has some loss on the edges of the forend and around the lock, a repaired chip at the barrel tang, some other discreet repairs in the forend, and general mild wear. Mechanically fine. Provenance: The George Moller Collection. Estimate: 5,500 - 8,500
   AS PICTURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK AMERICAN MILITARY SHOULDER ARMS,
   VOL. I BY MOLLER
      167
              




























































































   167   168   169   170   171