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Pistol, percussion   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Edward London
Title
Pistol, percussion
Object type Classification: NM3.7875
Description
English: E. London percussion belt pistol, circa 1830 percussion; single shot; box lock; side hammer; belt clip on left side; .654 inch calibre; 5 inch hexagonal smoothbore barrel; swivel ramrod on lower rib under barrel, at fault, right hinge disconnected from locking pin; foliate engraved frame and hammer; hinged cap trap (patch box) on butt; chequered walnut 1-piece grip missing- screw missing from rear trigger guard markings- on barrel- E. LONDON 51. LONDON WALL. LONDON London Gunmakers Co. proofs on barrel under left hand side maker- Edward London, London, circa 1830
Date William IV (1830 - 1837)-House of Brunswick, Hanover Line-English reign; Circa 1830
Dimensions

width: 35mm
length: 260mm
calibre: 17mm
height: 110mm
length: 140mm
notes: barrel

notes: overall
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1953.165
Place of creation United Kingdom
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1953.165, W1211
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Edward London percussion belt pistol, circa 1830 Purchased in London by donor's grandfather who carried it round with him on the goldfields of Central Otago during the time of Gabriel's Gully Gold Rush.

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