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Pistol, snaphance

Description

One of a pair of steel snaphaunce pistols with heart-shaped butts, signed W.S., dated 1671, probably worked in an east coast town

Museum reference

H.LNA 17

Object name

Pistol, snaphance

Production information

W. S., Gunsmith

Date

1671

Materials

Steel

Physical description

Steel

Associations

Seafield Collection

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Zinc votive offering representing different scenes from the life of the Buddha including his birth and death, mounted on a wooden block: South Asia, India, possibly 18th century

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