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John Christian Oerter
Flintlock long gun 1774
Ferrous- iron and steel, copper alloy- brass, silver, maple wood. | RCIN 61071
Queen's Guard Chamber, Windsor Castle
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A flintlock long gun, American (Pennsylvania) dated 1774, with a blued octagonal barrel and a curly maple stock with sliding wooden patchbox with cleaning jag inside.
Barrel marked CHRIST:OERTER.CH:SPRING 1774~ Lock replaced by Durs Egg.Provenance
Presented to George IV when Prince of Wales, before 1804, by Colonel George Hanger (for the Royal Collection).
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Medium and techniques
Ferrous- iron and steel, copper alloy- brass, silver, maple wood.
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Bibliographic reference(s)
Laking AA : Laking, G.F., 1904. The Armoury of Windsor Castle, London Laking 276
Royal Sporting Guns at Windsor. HMSO London 1968 P.41
Place of Production
Pennsylvania [USA]
