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Attached tag reads, "Fowling Piece / J. Fordney / Lancaster cap and ball type / 1845-1860" Side of gun is engraved, "Sharp" and top of barrel marked, "London"
According to a note found in archives, this gun was originally built as a flintlock and later converted to a cap and ball.