Beschreibung:

.66 caliber (carbine bore), 16.1875" octagonal-to-round barrels with hooked breeches and canon muzzles, no S/N. Bright finish, walnut stock, iron furniture. 4.75" flat beveled locks with integral fenced waterproof iron pans and roller frizzes are marked Wilson in script, with flat, beveled swan-neck cocks that have large ring top jaw screws. Locks lightly engraved with boarder lines and simple circular motifs at the tail. Flat beveled cock screws engraved with floral motifs with similar motifs found on the edges of the pans. Complimentary engraving decorates the breech area and the transition of the barrels from octagon to round, along with a pair of baluster turned rings. Silver wire inlay around the breech tang creates a delicate shell motif that replicates the carved apron pattern typical of British long arms in the second half of the 18th century. A lightly boarder engraved steel escutcheon is present at the wrist without any monogram. Steel triggerguard engraved with classic pineapple final, geometric boarder lines and simple foliate scrolls at tail of tang. Buttplate tang engraved en-suite. Barrels marked with a pair of Birmingham crossed scepter proofs at each breech. Snap bayonet with 13" blade and full face flute mounted along top rib. Barrels retained in stock by breech hooks and a pair of steel wedges without escutcheons. A single steel thimble and entry pipe retain a horn tipped ebony ramrod with steel jag at the end that appears to be original to the carbine. The gun is likely the work of Birmingham gunmaker Thomas Wilson who worked ca 1811-1829. A really lovely double barreled coaching carbine from the early part of the 19th century. Condition: Very good. Metal cleaned in the European fashion with a dull steel patina on all parts an no hint as to what the original finish may have been. All markings remain clear, some engraving slightly softened by the cleaning. Mechanically functional locks remain crisp and in their original flint configurations as do the barrels with no indication of reconversion. Snap bayonet functional correctly. Bores moderately oxidized with some light pitting. Stock very good as refinished with an old repaired crack in the obverse forend and some old brownish residue on the reverse of the butt that may be some filler. Stock otherwise sound with some scattered bumps and dings. Ramrod cracked with tip loose.