A rare dated Queen Anne blunderbuss by T Green, London 1706
A rare dated Queen Anne blunderbuss by T Green, London 1706
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A fine example of a flintlock, brass barrelled blunderbuss by T Green, London dated 1706 and with the Tower mark for Queen Anne
Good proof marks to the top of the decorated brass barrel and the walnut stock of good colour and also with brass fittings
In very good condition for the age
Thomas Green worked in an area close to the Tower of London known as Minories, but originally came from the small northern market town of Kirkby Stephen in Westmorland. He was apprenticed to Edward Nicholson in 1686 and was admitted as a freeman of the London Gunmakers' Company in 1693. After this he began his gunmaking business in the Minories, which was relatively close to the Tower of London. He was made a Gunmaker to Ordnance between 1697-1715, and was appointed Viewer and Proofmaster to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1715.
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