Object data
iron, brass and wood
length 93 cm × calibre 49 mm
anonymous, anonymous
United Kingdom, Indonesian Archipelago, c. 1850 - c. 1880
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1334-A
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Two flintlock breech-loading musketoons (NG-MC-1334-A and NG-MC-1334-B), both are incomplete. The brass barrels are held by pins. They differ slightly, with minor ornamental differences and one is fitted with an iron tailpiece instead of a brass one.
One gun (NG-MC-1334-B) has a British lock, signed ‘TOWER’ and is marked with a crowned ‘VR’. The cock is missing. The other lock is unmarked, both the pan cover and the upper jaw of the cock are missing. One gun (NG-MC-1334-A) has an iron ramrod.
The guns were possibly (partly) made in Borneo.
Citation
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