File:Pistol, percussion (AM 775994-14).jpg
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[edit]Pistol, percussion ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Colgan |
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Title |
Pistol, percussion |
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Object type | Classification: NM3.7875 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Colgan percussion boxlock belt pistol, circa 1840 single barrel percussion pistol; 14mm (.516 inch) calibre; large bore, 4 inch octagonal smoothbore barrel; boxlock; swivel ramrod on lower rib; finely made, foliate engraving on frame and on trigger guard; one-piece finely chequered walnut grip; oval escutcheon on wrist of pistol grip; cracked top left hand side in three places missing- hammer, ramrod and ramrod swivel, and retaining screw marks- on top of barrel- COLGAN, WATERFORD on left hand underside of barrel and body- Birmingham proof marks manufacturer Colgan Waterford, Ireland, c.1840. |
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Date |
circa 1840 date QS:P571,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 ; Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901)-English reign; 27 Nov 1919 |
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Dimensions |
length: 225mm |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q758657 |
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Accession number |
775994 (object number) |
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Place of creation | Waterford | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, W0103 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes |
Colgan percussion pistol, circa 1840 Waterford, Ireland Probably made by Colgan for the Birmingham gun trade Note- this gun maker is associated with George Colgan, Gun Maker of Wakefield Street, Auckland, who is listed as a gun maker in the 1860s, and is possibly the same person as George Colgan who had a business in Glebe, NSW in the 1850s. |
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Source/Photographer | Photo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date metadata was last modified | 05:09, 8 June 2006 |
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