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Pistol, flintlock   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Read
Title
Pistol, flintlock
Object type Classification: 76564
Description
English: Read flintlock duelling pistol, (pre 1840) flintlock duelling pistol; 18mm calibre; muzzle-loading; octagonal barrel; engraved lock and trigger guard; wooden stock; finger grip behind trigger guard; inset engraving forward of trigger guard; chequering on pistol grip missing- hammer; ramrod; forward ramrod tunnel markings- on lock- READ manufacturer- Read, (England) (pre-1843)
Date before 1840
date QS:P571,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
; Circa 1840; 29 Oct 1965; 19th century
Dimensions

width: 55mm
calibre: 18mm
height: 110mm
length: 380mm
length: 250mm
notes: barrel

notes: overall
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1965.78.564
Place of creation England; Auckland
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1965.78.564, col.0148, W1896; ocm1857
Notes

Read flintlock duelling pistol, (pre 1840) "Pistol which belonged to the late Walter Edward McElwain, and is said to have been given to his uncle George McElwain by Governor Hobson. George McElwain came to New Zealand with Captain Hobson as his secretary.

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