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Lot 250: A FINE GREEK BLUNDERBUSS OF LORD BYRON

Est: $7,000 USD - $8,000 USDSold:
Auctions Imperial LLCCheyenne, WY, USNovember 30, 2019

Item Overview

Description

An exceptional example of a “tromboni” made in Epiros, covered entirely in superbly embossed and engraved silver displaying naturalistic flowering vinework. The brass buttplate and triggerguard engraved en suite. The fine matched flintlock mechanism and barrel with flared muzzle elegantly chiseled in relief with vinework and a stand of arms highlighted with gold. Set on the left side of the stock with a silver plaque with foliate border engraved, GGB for George Gordon Byron. From the Samuel Gridley Howe Collection. Early 19th century. Very minor wear. George Gordon Byron, Sixth Lord Byron, was England’s greatest Romantic Era poet. He led an adventurous, often dangerous, existence and at age 35 journeyed to Greece to join the revolution and fight the Ottomans. Given command over a brigade of Suliots, he was preparing an attack on the Ottoman stronghold of Lepanto, but died in Missolonghi on April 19, 1824. Byron’s passing was mourned throughout the world. He became a national hero to the Greeks and his renown as a poet grew in England, Europe and America. Samuel Gridley Howe M.D. (1801-1876,) noted American abolitionist, was so inspired by Lord Byron’s cause, that he sailed for Greece in 1824 with the intention of fighting by Byron’s side. Howe arrived just weeks after Byron succumbed to fever; he nonetheless fought for six years against the Ottomans at Missolonghi, Crete, and other locations, and assisted Byron’s close friend and protégé, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, among other Greek notables. Howe acquired Byron’s helmet, sword and a number of other military effects before returning to the U.S. in 1830; the helmet was repatriated to Greece in 1926, donated to the Ethnographic Museum, Athens (now the National Historical Museum) by Howe’s daughter, Maud Howe Elliot, which memorialized her father’s service to Greece as well. Howe’s eldest daughter, Laura Elizabeth Richards, celebrated American author, presented the blunderbuss to her son, Henry Howe Richards, at the beginning of the 20th century. The images of a portrait of Samuel Gridley Howe as a Greek freedom fighter, painted by John Elliot c. 1830, now housed at Brown University. Late 18th-early 19th century. Minor wear. Overall length 51.4cm. Condition II

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Auction Details

Our Winter Sale of Fine Antique Arms & Armour

by
Auctions Imperial LLC
November 30, 2019, 09:00 AM PST

1910 Thomes Ave, Cheyenne, WY, 82001, US

Terms

Buyer's Premium

29.9%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
$0$99$25
$100$999$50
$1,000$9,999$100
$10,000$99,999$500
$100,000+$10,000

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Shipping Terms

PLEASE NOTE: IT IS THE WINNING BIDDER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ARRANGE AND PAY FOR PACKING & SHIPPING.
PLEASE CONTACT A SHIPPING COMPANY TO MAKE ALL PACKING AND SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDING
PACKING AND SHIPPING QUOTATIONS, CHARGES, AND CLAIMS. Final arrangements and agreements are strictly between you and the shipper.
AUCTIONS IMPERIAL is not responsible for your choice of shipper or for any occurrences during shipping.

All shipping arrangements including packing and shipping are between you and the shipper. We work closely with Alan at Postnet Inc, email: [email protected]
ALL ITEMS ARE PURCHASED 'AS IS' AND 'WHERE IS' WITHOUT WARRANTY. ALL ITEMS MUST BE PAID IN FULL BEFORE THEY CAN
BE RELEASED TO SHIPPER.
You will need to notify us which company you have chosen, as we will not release your merchandise without your authorization.