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General discussion => Antique Gun Collecting => Topic started by: alex e. on June 18, 2020, 05:20:31 PM

Title: Thoughts on this
Post by: alex e. on June 18, 2020, 05:20:31 PM

Opinions,found in the midwest
(https://i.ibb.co/dPG1Y0W/FB-IMG-1592489890209.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Pcw3HZm)

Title: Re: Thoughts on this
Post by: WESTbury on June 18, 2020, 05:35:17 PM

Alex---Looks like the front end of a British Trade Arms triggerguard, possibly by Ketland. See photos below of a Ketland fowler with a very similar guard bow decoration.

Kent


(https://i.ibb.co/5nK0hfZ/untitled-8.png) (https://ibb.co/WPVhvYC)

(https://i.ibb.co/Cnrjr9f/untitled-6.png) (https://ibb.co/2jbzbMT)

(https://i.ibb.co/PrKZdgP/Image8154b-edited-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/8mqDH9f)

(https://i.ibb.co/FW85Qq4/untitled.png) (https://ibb.co/g7tS0FZ)

Title: Re: Thoughts on this
Post by: alex e. on June 18, 2020, 08:24:51 PM

Thanks ,I suspected  it being British

Title: Re: Thoughts on this
Post by: WESTbury on June 18, 2020, 08:47:50 PM

The Brits are the "usual suspects" in many ways.