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 4" Brown Bess with India Pattern Shoulders Dated 1803

OA 521mm Bl 407mm Sl 102mm Mrd 23.5mm Sm 47mm Bw 31mm

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The blade is marked with the maker 'WOOLLEY & DEAKIN' [1],  Birmingham makers working in Edmund St.,  Birmingham, 1803-1812.  The date on the blade is very interesting and unusual,  it is possible (though unlikely) that it relates to the partnership between Woolley and Deakin which began on the 30th April 1803.  It is more likely to relate to a specific contract,  I have another example of a 4" Bess,  made by Dawes,  also marked 1803 on the blade,  this example however has the worn remains of the East India Company heart mark.  I also have another example by Woolley&Deakin marked '1803' but with New Land Pattern shoulders.