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Pistol, flintlock   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Gill & Knubley
Title
Pistol, flintlock
Object type Classification: 76564
Description
English: Pair of Gill and Knubley, flintlock duelling pistols, circa 1790 two pistols; .46 inch calibre; octagonal barrels; captive ramrod; silver trigger guard and knob at base of pistol grips; hammer safety catch to rear of hammer pivot; .1 has flint intact; oval silver escutcheons on wrist of butt missing- .1- front screw of lock plate; large crack left hand side of forend stock .2- hammer safety catch broken off; large crack extending to both sides to front of forestock markings- London proof and view marks at left rear of barrel acorn mark on underside on right hand lock plate- GILL and - KNUBLEY on top of barrel- CHARING CROSS LONDON four hallmarks on silver trigger guard, two hallmarks on butt manufacturer- Gill and Knubley, Charing Cross, London, England, c1790.
Date New Zealand Wars-wars; Circa 1790
Dimensions

length: 317mm
length: 183mm
width: 50mm
calibre: 12mm
height: 147mm
notes: barrel
notes: overall

notes: overall length: 317 mm barrel length: 183 mm height: 147 mm cal. 12 mm (.46 inch)
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1946.223
Place of creation London
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1946.223, W1085.1, W1085.2, 178885-6, W1085
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pair of Gill and Knubley, flintlock duelling pistols, circa 1790 Possibly belonged to Col. Hulme, Officer Commanding 96th Regiment during New Zealand Northern Wars, 1840s

Museum Tag: Firearms
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