Saturday, 12 March 2022

Rigby & Son Cartouche. (Proof Mark).c.1817.

 

                               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

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2 comments:

  1. 25th Dragoon15 August 2022 at 11:29

    Very unusual to find a gold breech cartouche touch mark on a Rigby. More usual on English guns.

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  2. 25th Dragoon7 December 2022 at 13:19

    I have since found an earlier one in gold, inscribed Rigby Dublin with a crown.

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