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Gun, sporting

Description

Brass sporting gun signed and dated "IL 1624", probably for James Low of Dundee

Museum reference

H.LH 419

Object name

Gun, sporting

Production information

Low, James, 1602 - 1624 (fl.), Gunsmith
Dundee, Angus, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1624

Materials

Brass

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