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pistol, pepper box

human history
  • Other Name

    Mariette Brevette five-shot pepperbox pistol (descriptive name)

  • Description

    Mariette Brevette five-shot percussion pepperbox pistol, circa 1850

    pepperbox: Mariette Brevette design; five-shot; .36 inch calibre; muzzle-loading; smoothbore; handturned cylinder; underhammer ring trigger action; foliate engraved side plates and back strap; two-piece walnut grips; twist-off 2-1/2 inch barrels; all nipples broken

    missing: screw in pistol grip forward strap; screw holding barrels to body is missing

    markings:

    Belgian (Liege) proof markings engraved on brief: 'VL' above ' ELG'

    on underside strap: MARIETTE / BREVETE

    on right hand side of body: F-T

    barrels numbered 1 to 5

    breech numbered 1 to 5

    maker: Mariette Brevette, Belgium, circa 1850

  • Place
    Belgium
  • Associated Place

    England

  • Accession Number
    1959.93
  • Accession Date
    12 Aug 1959
  • Other Id

    W1407 (war)

  • Department

    History

    War History

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Images

  • pistol, pepper box, 1959.93, W1407, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 12 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, pepper box, 1959.93, W1407, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 12 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, pepper box, 1959.93, W1407, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 12 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, pepper box, 1959.93, W1407, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 12 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, pepper box, 1959.93, W1407, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 12 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, pepper box, 1959.93, W1407, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 12 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, pepper box, 1959.93, W1407, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 12 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, pepper box, 1959.93, W1407, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 12 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, pepper box, 1959.93, W1407, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 12 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, pepper box, 1959.93, W1407, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 12 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, pepper box, 1959.93, W1407, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 12 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, pepper box, 1959.93, W1407, Photographed by Richard NG, digital, 12 Jan 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • pistol, pepper box W1407

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