{"id":25239,"date":"2024-08-06T11:27:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T16:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/an-english-classic-built-in-america\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T11:27:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T16:27:50","slug":"an-english-classic-built-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/an-english-classic-built-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"An English Classic Built in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8d72Xyb7ssA?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The collection of Norman R. Blank centers around high-end European arms, but this gorgeous flintlock from the renowned James Haslett of Baltimore rightly earned a place of its own courtesy of its wonderful silver furniture, numerous gold accents, detailed engraving and arguably the era&#8217;s finest American craftsmanship.<\/p>\n<p>Featured in numerous books, the gun is noticeably European in its style, but carries distinctly American design cues, such as a Grand Union flag, a &#8220;stars &#038; stripes&#8221; US flag with 19 stars, and emblazed twice in gold stating its &#8220;Baltimore&#8221; origins. <\/p>\n<p>Follow us!<br \/>Email: <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb<\/a><br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><br \/>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The collection of Norman R. Blank centers around high-end European arms, but this gorgeous flintlock from the renowned James Haslett of Baltimore rightly earned a place of its own courtesy of its wonderful silver furniture, numerous gold accents, detailed engraving and arguably the era&#8217;s finest American craftsmanship. Featured in numerous books, the gun is noticeably&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/06\/an-english-classic-built-in-america\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An English Classic Built in America<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":25240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}