File:Alarm gun (AM 775378-7).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file (2,272 × 1,704 pixels, file size: 432 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Alarm gun   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
C Osborne & Company
Title
Alarm gun
Object type Game keeping
Classification: 80648
Description
English: Percussion spring or alarm gun (English) steel; with large threaded screw and heavy chain (for attaching to post) attached at one end; .72" bore; flared to 1.14" barrel missing- locking pin markings- makers name marked on left hand side- C. OSBORNE on right hand side- INVENTOR Maker- C.Osborne, c.1800.
Date 27 Nov 1919; George III (1760 - 1820)-House of Brunswick, Hanover Line-English reign; Circa 1800
Dimensions

length: 90mm
length: 110mm
height: 137mm
length x width x depth (l x w x d): 270mm
width: 160mm
notes: screw
notes: barrel

notes: overall
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
775378 (object number)
Place of creation England
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, W0105
Notes

C Osborne percussion spring or alarm gun (English), circa 1800s Such guns were frequently employed in parks in England to warn the owners or gamekeepers of the presence of trespassers Compare with A7038 which is a smaller model

Museum Tag: Firearms
Source/Photographer

API data
Catalogue record

Photo
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 This image has been released as "CCBY" by Auckland Museum. For details refer to the Commons project page.
Other versions

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Attribution: Auckland Museum
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current04:00, 4 December 2017Thumbnail for version as of 04:00, 4 December 20172,272 × 1,704 (432 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Auckland Museum Page(671.5) Object(4975) Image(7) http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/345033

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page uses this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Alarm_gun_(AM_775378-7).jpg&oldid=787726794"