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Description: | 1. Barrel: Octagonal steel with swivel rammer & two brass lines near breech. 2. Lock: Percussion side lock with sliding safety catch. Floral engravings on the hammer. 3. Stock: Walnut butt sith fine crosshatched carvings on either side. There is no buttcap., From old card index - 'Description; 'Pistol percussion, cap travelling pistol by Jackson of Nottingham. Side action with safety, stylised foliatge and name Jackson. Hammer not original, probably for a shot gun. Full stock, swivel ramrod, silver key cap and rectangular escutcheon, fore end cap missing. Rounded checquered butt; octagonal barrel signed Nottingham; blued breech plug and tang; engraved foliage with two silvered bands. Engraved steel trigger guard, steel ramrod pipe. Mainspring broken, c. 1840.' Overall length; 10 ins; 25.5cms. Bore; 13mm; 1/2 in. Barrel; overall length; 12 cms. Octagonal iron barrel with bead foresight. Marked on top Nottingham. Breech has two silver lines is scroll engraved on the top and has a V rear sight. The iron tang is also florally engraved. Lock; Lock plate is florally engraved and line engraved having the name Jackson. The dolphin head hammer has a rounded body, with serrated spur and is not original. The sliding safety is line engraved. The nipple has a double shield (one at the breech and one at the muzzle end.)Stock and furniture; wal nut full stock is cross hatched very finely and has a bag shaped grip. The iron pipes include and line and foliage engraved trigger guard with pineapple front finial and a single ramrod pipe. The swivel ramrod is 10.5cms long. The fore end cap is missing. There is no side plate but there is a silver oblong escutcheon behind the barrel tang. The front barrel pin has a German silver oval surround.',
Accession number: NCM 1965-148 | Subjects: | firearms (antique) British arms and armour Nottingham and Notts. | Temporal: | 1840? | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | maker Jackson/S. | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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