Rigby & Son
Gunmakers.
Dublin
A crowned gold cartouche (Proof Mark) "Rigby & Son, Dublin" found on a flintlock duelling pistol c.1817.
Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk
Very unusual to find a gold breech cartouche touch mark on a Rigby. More usual on English guns.
ReplyDeleteI have since found an earlier one in gold, inscribed Rigby Dublin with a crown.
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