Percussion Revolver

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

ObjectNumber: NG-MC-1096

Adams Francotte revolver, rifled percussion six-shooter.

The body of the revolver is made of blued steel, the cylinder, cock and trigger are made of iron. The cartridges are loaded through the front of the cylinder and can be rammed by means of a lever alongside the barrel. The percussion caps are placed on nipples at the back of the cylinder. The gun has an octagonal barrel and a wooden butt with a ring.

The gun was identified on the basis of probability. According to the transfer papers to the Rijksmuseum in 1889, this revolver was not to be transferred to the museum, but other inconsistencies in this list have been noted.

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1096; J.D. Jansen and G.R. Hof, ‘De bewapening van het Nederlandse leger in het tijdvak 1813-1840’, De wapenverzamelaar 4 (1966), pp. 3-24 and ‘De bewapening van het Nederlandse leger in het tijdvak 1840-1867’, De wapenverzamelaar 5 (1967), pp. 3-10, vol. 2, p. 7; W.A. Dreschler, ‘De Adams revolver’, De wapenverzamelaar 9 (1971), pp. 42-44; B.J. Martens and G. de Vries, Nederlandse vuurwapens. Landmacht, Marine en koloniale troepen 1866-1895, Arnhem 2001, p. 221

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Auguste Francotte, Percussion Revolver, Liège, c. 1852 - c. 1870', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244911