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shotgun

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  • Common Name
    shotgun
  • Other Name

    JW & A Adams flintlock double barrel shotgun, Orakau, 1864 (descriptive name)

    Taken by C. Williamson (associated name)

  • Description

    Gun taken by C. Williamson at Orakau Pa, April 1864.

    shotgun, flintlock with ramrod; double barrel; fowling piece; tang and trigger mountings are brass ornamented; engraved on lock plates, hammers, barrel strap, trigger guard, endpiece of forend, and butt strap; silver escutcheon on wrist of butt right hand hammer broken and missing retaining screw and upper clamp; chip in woodwork in front of right lock

    markings:

    left hand lock: W & A ADAMS

    right hand lock: I W & A ADAMS

    centre of barrels: I W & A ADAMS LONDON

    Maker: IW & A Adams, London

  • Place
    United Kingdom
  • Associated Place

    Orakau Pa/Orakau/Waikato/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1965.78.9
  • Accession Date
    29 Oct 1965
  • Other Id

    col.0138 (colonial)

    W1912 (war)

    ocm0023 (old colonists museum)

  • Department

    History

    War History

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Images and documents

Images

  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • shotgun, 1965.78.9, col.0138, W1912, ocm0023, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 06 Mar 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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