Gunlock (Flintlock)

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

ObjectNumber: NG-MC-691

Right-handed gunlock (flintlock) with brass box and iron mechanism, cock and pan cover.

It has a pin at the forward end and a hole for a bolt in the middle for mounting. The trigger has a lanyard.

Flintlocks for cannon were introduced by the Dutch Navy after 1810. This type was replaced by percussion locks around 1840.

J.C. Pilaar, Proeve van eene handleiding tot de kennis der zee-artillerie, Delft 1828; J.N. Calten, Leiddraad bij het onderrigt in de zee-artillerie, Delft 1832, pp. 336-37, pl. X; J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 691

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Gunlock (Flintlock), Netherlands, 1830', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20053899