Flintlock musket
Nathan Gregory (fl.1670 - 1712)
Category
Arms and armour
Date
circa 1690 - circa 1710
Materials
iron, wood, brass
Measurements
length 1475 mm
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Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 452121.2
Summary
Gun; English flintlock musket by Nathan Gregory of London, c1690 - c1710
Full description
Military flintlock musket, English, c1700, by Nathan Gregory, gunmaker of London (active 1677 – 1712), contractor to the Ordnance 1695 - 99. The musket is unusual as the stock has been painted or stained to represent burr wood, which was fashionable for civilian guns at this period. Iron barrel, formed in 2 stages, octagonal at the breech, then round to the muzzle, separated by a turned moulding. The muzzle with blade fore-sight. The breech is stamped with London Gunmakers Company proof marks and the makers mark, NG under a star. The barrel is retained to the stock by 3 barrel pins. The ramrod is missing. Length: 108.4cm Calibre: 20mm Wooden full stock with heavy form, stained overall to represent burr wood. Brass furniture comprising; tacked on butt plate, trigger guard with blob finial and 2 baluster form ramrod pipes. There is a scroll tip trigger. Flintlock with flat plate, signed N. GREGORY. The cock and tumbler are missing. The dog-catch is present and there is a facetted flashpan and wide square top frizzen. The lock is retained to the stock by 3 sidenails (1 missing). Overall length:146.7cm Brian Godwin, “17th Century Muskets at Dyrham Park”, Canadian Arms Collecting Journal, Bloomfield, Canada, Vol.34, No.4, 1998
Provenance
Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works in 1954 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961.
Makers and roles
Nathan Gregory (fl.1670 - 1712) , gunsmith
References
Blackmore, 1986: Howard Blackmore: A Dictionary of London Gunmakers 1350-1850