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pistol, flintlock

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  • Ingoa Kē

    Flintlock travelling pistol, [CE Gallas], London, circa 1750-80 (descriptive name)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Flintlock travelling pistol, CE Gallas, London, circa 1750-80

    box lock, cannon barrelled travelling pistol; .350 inch calibre [.38 inch]; smoothbore; turn-off notches at end of barrel; foliate scroll engraving on action; slab walnut grip with inlay of scrolling in silver wire

    missing: leather cup and flint

    markings:

    roughly hand-etched in top left of pistol grip: LR

    Maker: C.E. Gallas, London

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1941.109
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    W0991 (war)

    113090 (police firearm registration number)

  • Wāhanga
pistol, flintlock, 1941.109, W0991, 113090, Photographed by… … Read more

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