Swivel Gun

anonymous, 1800 - 1856

Lilla of draaibas met een achtkantige vuurmond en een versierde loop.

  • Artwork typelilla
  • Object numberNG-MC-1105
  • Dimensionslength 106 cm, length 13 cm, calibre 16 mm x weight 30.6 kg, total: length 119 cm x diameter 11.8 cm

anonymous

Swivel Gun

Borneo, 1800 - 1856

Provenance

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

Object number: NG-MC-1105

Entry

Swivel gun with octagonal barrel and ornamented stock.

This swivel gun, which had a barrel of Borneo make,1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1105. was captured from pirates near Tanjung Pulisan on the north-eastern tip of Celebes by Amsterdam in April 1856.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1105

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Swivel Gun, Borneo, 1800 - 1856', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054111

(accessed 13 December 2025 01:28:37).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1105.