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Gun, sporting, snaphance

Description

Snaphaunce sporting gun with a carved stock and fluted butt, signed Bellachastel / Gulielmus Smith on the lock, about 1670

Museum reference

H.LNA 28

Object name

Gun, sporting, snaphance

Production information

Smith, Gulielmus, c. 1670 - 1680 (fl.)
Castle Grant, Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1670

Associations

Seafield Collection

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