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Pair of Over-and-Under Tube-Lock Percussion Pistols with Case and Accessories

Durs Egg · ca. 1805–10; converted after 1818

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Artist

Durs Egg

Date

ca. 1805–10; converted after 1818

Medium

Pistols: steel, wood (walnut, rosewood), gold, platinum, brass, horn; case: wood (mahogany), textile, brass, bone, paper; powder flask: brass, steel, wood, leather; bullet mold: steel; box with patches: textile, paper, tin

Dimensions

Pistol (a): L. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); L. of barrels 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); Cal. of barrels .45 in. (11.4 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 2.2 oz. (516 g); pistol (b): L. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm); L. of barrels 4 5/16 in. (11 cm); Cal. of barrels .44 in. (11.2 mm); Wt. 1 lb. 2.6 oz. (527.3 g); powder flask (c): H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Wt. 5.1 oz. (144.6 g); bullet mould (d): L. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); Wt. 2.3 oz. (65.2 g); patch box (e): H. 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Diam. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); Wt. 1 oz. (28.3 g); case (f): H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm); D. 8 in. (20.3 cm); Wt. 4 lb. 5.5 oz. (1970.3 g)

Classification

Firearms-Pistols

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture / origin

British, London

Credit line

Gift of Charles M. Schott Jr., 1917

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