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British East India Co. brown bess musket / grenade launcher, dated 1793 and marked with EIC logo and

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Non-wreck Artifacts Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD
British East India Co. brown bess musket / grenade launcher, dated 1793 and marked with EIC logo and
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British East India Co. brown bess musket / grenade launcher, dated 1793 and marked with EIC logo and maker Henshaw, also with name of ship Melville Castle on sideplate, with original letter written aboard the same ship, very rare. 4500 grams, 45-1/2" long. Fascinating rifle with cup-shaped attachment for lobbing grenades, that attachment and the steel lockplate cleaned and shiny but the barrel dark with original patina, both the barrel and the lockplate marked with maker's name Henshaw and date 1793 and the heart-shaped East India Company logo (which also appears on the grenade attachment, below some indecipherable lettering), also with small proofmarks including a crowned G for George III, brass furniture, with MELVILLE CASTLE on the S-shaped sideplate in reference to the name of the Company ship to which this rifle was assigned, steel ramrod and two belt-loops on bottom, overall in excellent condition (including the wood) but the lock in just fair working order. Accompanied by a handwritten letter written aboard the Melville Castle dated 1793.