Shotgun
Haddon (fl. c.1800)
Category
Arms and armour
Date
circa 1820
Materials
Iron, wood, horn and brass
Measurements
1348 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Newcastle upon Tyne
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Hill Top, Cumbria
NT 641362
Summary
Sporting gun by HADDON (c1800), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, converted to percussion system c1840.
Full description
Sporting gun by HADDON (c1800), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, converted to percussion system c1840. Iron barrel of two stage Damascus twist construction, octagonal at the breech and then round to the muzzle, separated by a turned moulding. Under-rib and 2 ramrod pipes. Converted to percussion system by “drum & nipple” method with separate engraved false breech, the top inset with 2 gold lines and gold makers mark, signed HADDON. Bead foresight and engraved barrel tang with sighting channel. Retained to the stock by two barrel slides (1 missing) with white metal escutcheons. Wooden ramrod with brass tip and brass end cap. Barrel length 91.6cm. Calibre 19.5mm (10 bore). Walnut half-stock, with shaped wrist and engraved iron furniture comprising, buttplate, trigger guard with scroll-shaped finger rest and pineapple shaped finial, and 1 ramrod pipe. The metal covered in a dark surface layer of stable corrosion. Horn fore-end cap. White metal vacant escutcheon at wrist. Percussion lock, converted from flintlock, the flat plate stepped at the rear and engraved overall; signed HADDON. Retained to the stock by 1 sidenail.
Marks and inscriptions
Lockplate: Haddon
Makers and roles
Haddon (fl. c.1800), gunsmith
References
Bailey & Nye, 1978: DeWitt Bailey & Douglas Nye, English Gunmakers: Birmingham & Provincial Gun Trade