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pistol, flintlock

human history
  • Other Name

    Wheeler flintlock double barrel pistol

    travelling pistol

  • Description

    Wheeler flintlock double barrel travelling pistol, 1767-1813

    flintlock boxlock double barrel (side by side) travelling pistol; .45 inch calibre; 4 inch turnoff cannon barrels; muzzle-loading; smoothbore; single trigger; sliding cover on pan on left; flint still held in action; rounded walnut butt with fine silver wire inlay and silver grotesque mask; ornate foliate embossing to plate, chamber and front of frizzen

    missing: butt plate and screw

    markings:

    on right hand side of boxlock: WHEELER

    under both barrels: two proof marks

    right hand barrel: 3

    left hand barrel: 4

    manufacturer Robert Wheeler, London, 1767-1813.

  • Place
    London/England
  • Accession Number
    1950.166
  • Other Id

    W1177.3 (war)

  • Department

    History

    War History

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  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, flintlock, 1950.166, W1177.3, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 20 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • w1177.3 pistol

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