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These are private birmingham proof marks last used 1812 or early 1813 and are the immediate predecessors of the proof mark on your gun. My gun is also signed by Westley Richards who stated in 1812.
Early cannon were made by coopers/barrel - those who made wooden casks. The gun barrels were made of wood held together with iron bands - as was a wooden cask for storing liquid. This is also the origin of the word barrel as associated with a gun.
In 1968 my father bid on a flintlock pistol at auction. We were outbid. The new owner sat in front of us inspecting his new possession. Unbeknown to any of us it was loaded. It fired and the ball lodged above the heart of the new owner. A medical team from the hospital which was next door rushed...