Light Dragoon Carbine
DateCa. 1745
Artist/Maker
I. Ludlam
OriginEngland, Birmingham
MediumIron, steel, walnut and brass
DimensionsOverall length: 47 5/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1950-10
DescriptionCarbine having fore-end of the stock continuing to the end of the muzzle (home-stocked). Lock is marked "I LUDLAM". Original bridleless lock has a round gooseneck cock, flat-backed top jaw and slotted jaw screw. The top jaw is replaced. Barrel is original and marked with Birmingham "private proof" marks. Walnut stock is original having beavertail at barrel tang and pointed rear molding. Brass mounts are original, the thumpiece having an ornamental engraving of a coronet and crests. Sling, ramrod and bayonet are missing.Mark(s)Lock marked "I LUDLUM". Thumbpiece engraved with ornamental rendering of two different crests; each on a rococo pedestle, one griffin head and one griffin passent. On barrel: Birmingham proof & view marks, plus that of William Staples.ProvenanceThe Earl of Strafford, Wentworth Woodhouse, via Glode Requa (1949).
ca. 1740
ca. 1640-1660
Ca. 1770-1780
