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   LOT 3315
Scarce and Desirable English Flintlock Baker Rifle with Sword
Bayonet - NSN, 65 cal., 30 1/4 inch round bbl., bright finish, walnut stock. The British Baker rifles were based on
the designs of Ezekiel Baker and were used by the British Army from 1800 into the 1830s. The fact that they were designed for use with bayonets was revolutionary for the period. They were used by British riflemen and skirmishers in the Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812 and were also used by Mexican forces during the Texas Revolution, including at the Alamo. There were many variations of the Baker produced, including variations in sights, bayonets, barrel lengths, and more. This rifle has a dovetailed brass blade front sight, bayonet mounting bar on the right with “I” marking on the base, a standing rear sight, proofs at the breech, the standard Georgian cipher and “TOWER” markings on the outside of the lock, “crown/TH” mark on the left stock flat, black oval wrist escutcheon, grip extension on the trigger guard, storekeeper’s mark ahead of the patch box, an oval cheek piece and “broad arrow/BO” mark on the left side of the butt, flat brass buttplate, impressive “JOSEPH REDDELL & CO.” marked sword bayonet with brass hilt and a black leather sling. The patch box contains extra flints, a blued multi-tool, and rod attachments. CONDITION: Good with attractive aged patina on the brass furniture, mottled gray and brown patina and some mild pitting on the lock and barrel, and mild overall wear. The refinished stock is also good and has smooth oiled finish, some flame figure on the butt, minor hairline cracks at the front wedge, slight loss by the frizzen, and a filled divot on the right side above the patch box. Mechanically fine. Provenance: The George Moller Collection. Estimate: 5,500 - 8,500 LOT 3316 1779 Dated East India Company Flintlock “Brown Bess” Style Fusil with 1786 Stock Carving and Bayonet - NSN, 69 cal., 37 1/4 inch round bbl., bright finish, walnut stock. This light infantry or artillery style fusil is essentially a lighter version of the famous Brown Bess musket and was made by John Twigg in 1779 for the East India Company. The lock has “1779” and the East India Company “4/V/EI/C” heart logo on the tail and “TWIGG” signed at the center, a small “W” mark under the pan, and “NI” on the inside. The barrel similarly has the heart logo and then “TWIGG 1779” and has London proof and view marks flanking “crown/IT” on the left at the breech. The stud front sight is also the bayonet lug for the appropriately scaled down socket bayonet. The stock has the heart logo followed by “MW Iunr 1786” (January 1786) on the right side of the comb, what looks to be “AC” or “DC” behind the trigger guard tang, and George Moller’s “GDM” collection mark discretely by the toe. A black leather sling is fitted to the sling swivels. CONDITION: Very good with a mix of gray and brown patina on the lock and barrel, relined vent, repaired neck of the cock, broken rear sling swivel, natural aged patina on the brass furniture, and mild overall wear. The bayonet is good and has mottled gray patina and dark pitting. The stock is also very good and has mild overall wear, some minor thin cracks, and legible markings. Mechanically fine. Provenance: The George Moller Collection. Estimate: 4,500 - 7,000
LOT 3317
Desirable Documented British Flintlock 1799 Elliott Dragoon Carbine with Bayonet - NSN, 67 cal., 28 inch round bbl., bright finish, walnut stock. This post-Revolutionary War carbine is
pictured and discussed on pages 258-260 of “American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume I: Colonial and Revolutionary War Arms” by George Moller and has his small “GDM” collection marking by the toe. He notes: “In 1759 Colonel George A. Elliott raised the Fifteenth Light Dragoons. The following year a carbine was designed for this unit and named after him. In June 1773 the Elliott carbine was adopted by the Ordnance as the regulation arm of all the light dragoons.” It has a front sight that doubles as the bayonet lug, Ordnance marks on the breech, a simpler stamped Georgian cipher and “TOWER” marks on the lock along with lined borders that differentiate the 1799 pattern from the 1773, a sling bar on the left that extends down below the forend and is secure through the stock, brass remaining furniture, ramrod that locks onto the forend cap via a groove, and an oil finished walnut stock with Ordnance marks. We have not disassembled the carbine, but Moller notes that the barrel is marked “WROCK” on the bottom and notes the W. Rock was active in Birmingham c. 1795 and indicates the inside of the lock is marked “WHEELER,” likely for Robert Wheeler & Son of Birmingham. Includes a socket bayonet. CONDITION: Fine overall with gray and brown patina on the iron, aged patina on the brass furniture, mild dents and scratches on the reoiled stock, and general minor wear. Mechanically fine. Provenance: The George Moller Collection. Estimate: 2,500 - 4,000
         AS PICTURED AND DESCRIBED IN THE BOOK AMERICAN MILITARY SHOULDER ARMS, VOL. I BY MOLLER
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