1957.122

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Details

ID Number

1957.122

Category

T&E For Science & Technology

Sub-category

armament T&E - firearm

Item Name

blunderbuss

Date

1700 - 1800

Materials

METAL, BRASS

Description

.70 calibre; round barrel; bell muzzle; brass ramrod and butt plate; flintlock; smooth; single ramrod thimble; flint and leather patch on hammer; stock dark brown; rose on trigger guard and lock plate; acorn design on forward tongue; escutcheon on wrist; floral design on butt plate

History

blunderbuss (thunder box) an obsolete short gun on firearm with a large bore and usually a bell nozzle, capable of holding a number a balls and intended to do execution at close quarters, without exact aim.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Europe place

War / Guerre subject