Flintlock sporting gun
John Clark (18th century)
Category
Arms and armour
Date
circa 1770
Materials
walnut, steel, iron, silver & gold
Measurements
125 mm (Width) x 100 mm (Depth); 1310 mm (L)
Place of origin
Holborn
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108522
Summary
Double-barrelled flintlock sporting gun, circa 1770, by John Clark, London (1756 -1798); the locks made by Jonathan Stanton, London (1739-66).
Full description
Double-barrelled flintlock sporting gun, circa 1770, by John Clark, London (1756 -1798). The locks made by Jonathan Stanton, London (1739-66). John Clark was apprenticed to Jonathan Stanton in 1756. Round iron side-by-side barrels with a top joining rib. Profusely engraved breech, sytamped with London Gunmakers Company proof marks, together with the initial F under a Crown (Forigners mark), and signed, CLARK, HOLBORN, LONDON. Bead fore-sight. Gold lined touch-hole. The engraved barrel tang with a sighting channel. Secured to the stock by 1 barrel slide. The ramrod missing. Barrel length 92cm. Calibre 16mm. Walnut half stock, the hand-rail form butt with strong downward curve and inlaid with silver wire in a foliate design. Scallop shell carving behind the barrel tang. Engraved iron furniture comprising; butt-plate, trigger guard with vase and scallop shell design finial, and 3 ramrod pipes. Silver escutcheon engraved with a collared bird and coronet. Double iron triggers, one of diminutive form. Right and left flintlocks, the plates of flat form with stepped tails, profusely engraved with foliage and flowers, the cocks of similar form and decoration. Signed STANTON. Overall length 130.8cm
Provenance
Purchased in 1987 by the National Trust from Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000).
Marks and inscriptions
CLARK HOLBORN LONDON (maker's mark, incised, top of barrel, text)
Makers and roles
John Clark (18th century), gunsmith Jonathan Stanton (fl.1739-1766) , locksmith
References
Blackmore, 1986: Howard Blackmore: A Dictionary of London Gunmakers 1350-1850