A Flintlock Blunderbuss by Probin of London.
A Flintlock Blunderbuss by Probin of London. With belled two-stage barrel, engraved ‘LONDON’ along the top flat, fitted with sprung bayonet, stepped bevelled lock, signed ‘Probin’ in script and fitted with a sliding safety catch, full-stocked in walnut (some cracks and splits commensurate with age), with engraved brass mounts comprising foliate side-plate, butt plate and pillared trigger guard, with steel sling swivels.
Probin
John Gunmaker, 29 Lisle St., Leicester Square, 1826-41 (age 55, 1841 census); 70 Strand, 1842; 11 Agar Street, 1843-6; 115 St. Martins Lane, 1847. Another John Probin, Birmingham, c. 1770 – died 1800, sometimes marked guns ‘London’.
Howard L. Blackmore (1986) Gunmakers Of London, 1350-1850. George Shumway Publisher. USA.
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