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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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Colgan
Title
Pistol, percussion
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.
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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length: 225mm
length: 100mm
width: 30mm
height: 70mm
notes: barrel

notes: overall
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
775994 (object number)
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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