Boxlock

[Kermit]

While his blog is mostly devoted to underhammers, Renner has up today a late period boxlock muzzleloader worth an oogle. It's an Allan boxlock with a .62 caliber Forsyth rifled OTR barrel. Pretty piece.

http://underhammers.blogspot.com/

And what's "Dutch silver?" Is that a euphemism for German silver that rose during WWI?

[wet willy]

"German silver" is a nickel-copper-zinc alloy and contains no chemical element Ag. Deceptive terms like this were widely used in the 19th century for pocketwatch cases, all contained the word "silver" along with a qualifier, like Fahys, or nickel to mention a few.

Not bad stuff. Cleans nicely with some buffing, but has almost no scrap value. Easier to polish than sterling silver, but lacks that subtle luster.

[David Rase]

And what's "Dutch silver?" Is that a euphemism for German silver that rose during WWI?

Then there is always paktong.  It is an alloy of copper, nickel and zink. Paktong was imported into England from China.
David