Numero oggetto
55/280/1-9
Creatore
Descrizione
This rifle was made by Joseph Lang of Cockspur Street, Westminster, London, 1860–1865. It is a part-rifled, double barrelled gun in three parts. It has sights on the barrel and is percussion fired. It is marked ‘2042’ on the stock and barrels and shows London Proof marks. There is also a leather covered case, lined with green baize, for holding the rifle. The case contains about 200 410 cal pinfire cartridge cases and wads, a cartridge cutter, powder measure and ball loader. There is also a powder flask, for use with a flintlock, which does not belong to this rifle.
Descrizione fisica
Rifle & accessories: metal; leather; wood
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>Two guns and gun case, late-nineteenth centuryThe shotgun was a common farmer's accessory. The example shown with its carrying case is double-barrelled and part-rifled. The case itself contains several hundred cartridges. This weapon was made by Lang of Cockspar Street, London. The other example was given to Colonel Baxter as a young boy in 1905. It was made many years previously by Willams and Powell, Liverpool. Older guns like this were still in use in the early twentieth century. Like most accoutrements of country life, the modern age brought with it technical improvements and change. At the beginning of the Second World War the police requested guns for the Home Guard. Colonel Baxter’s was found to be unsafe.MERL 55/280, MERL 56/341</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
Storico archivio
54/415–416 and 54/704–707 were presented to the Museum by the Royal Forestry Society as permanent loans. 54/417–419, 54/708, 55/279–280, 55/454–457 and 56/131 were presented to the Museum by Mr R. C. B. Gardner (of the Royal Forestry Society), either as gifts or as permanent loans. 55/279 was returned to Mr Gardner in 1962.
Luogo di produzione
Westminster
Data
1860 - 1865
Nome oggetto
Materiale
Documento esterno
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_829.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5138.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5148.tif - High resolution image
