Original 18th Century English Flintlock Coaching Blunderbuss with 17th Century Brass Barrel by G. Taylor - c.1740 Antique Percussion Firearms though it unfortunately has suffered

though it unfortunately has suffered a few moth nips over the decades

and how far the grenade was positioned onto the launcher

Serial #551963 indicates manufacture in 1892

Notes: Force-landed in Belgium after being hit by flak

It looks to be finely flaked Mica mineral

Original 18th Century English Flintlock Coaching Blunderbuss with 17th Century Brass Barrel by G. Taylor - c.1740 Antique Percussion Firearms though it unfortunately has sufferedOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This lovely English Blunderbuss was made to order about 1740, using a high quality brass blunderbuss barrel by G. TAYLOR of LONDON, who worked circa 1680. This is a coach line marked blunderbuss, which was based at : THE DUKE'S HEAD KINGS LYNN as marked on the left hand brass side plate. This is short for the Dukes Head Inn in Kings Lynn, a Seaport and Market Down situated in Norfolk, England. The Barrel is marked KING'S