Merwyn Carey (1954) English, Irish and Scottish Firearms Makers, Acro Publishing Company, New York. Had Royal Government contract for flintlock holster pistols and flintlock muskets.(A. Made all metal flintlock pistols with scroll butt and cased flintlock duelling pistols, also made single and double barrel flintlock fowling pieces and Ferguson flintlock breech-loading rifles. Innes, Francis (Scottish Arms Makers by Whitelaw) Bird engraving to buttplate may be decorative or with further research may reveal owner if unique. Brass furniture including rococo escutcheon to wrist, pierced sideplate shaped with flowers (complete with no losses), acorn finial, flower engraved trigger guard, ramrod pipe and interesting buttplate with bird engraving (wings displayed) above top screw, brass tipped ebony ramrod. Walnut handrail full-stock with exposed muzzle, some old well executed spliced/inset repairs to stock. INNES', plain frizzen, swan neck cock, some pitting but all original. Flat lockplate with stepped pointed tail signed within banner 'F. Makers address to top flat of barrel - indistinct due to pitting but clearly name or address followed by EDINBURGH with proof marks and barrel makers stamp to breech. iron barrel with flared round trumpet muzzle banded at the intersection, some pitting to top flat. A rare iron barrel brass mounted blunderbuss circa 1775 by Francis Innes of Edinburgh.
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