Accession No
TEMP.03092.1-2
Description
Iron pistol barrel (.1) and ramrod (.2). Barrel has a circular cross-section and mount at rear for fitting into the stock; copper alloy plate with the remains of an iron trigger mechanism is screwed to the mount; iron ramrod with circular cross-section flaring towards the head; copper alloy ramrod mount fitting halfway along rod. Heavy iron corrosion.
Place
Europe; Northern Europe; British Isles; Ireland
Period
Post Medieval
Source
Murray, Thomas Richard [collector]; Ridgeway, William (Professor; Sir) [collector and donor]; Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.03092.1-2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Copper alloy
Local Term
Measurements
285mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See archive for catalogue of the Murray Collection (G10/1/1) and for correspondence regarding the collection’s purchase (W10/3/3).
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Display)
History of display indicated by copper wire, now removed.
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (References)
O’Leary, E. Reverend. (1902). ‘Notes on the Collections of Irish Antiquities Lately at Edenderry’. Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society, vol. 3. pp. 325-333.
Event Date 1902
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Iron pistol barrel (.1) and ramrod (.2). Barrel has a circular cross-section and mount at rear for fitting into the stock; copper alloy plate with the remains of an iron trigger mechanism is screwed to the mount; iron ramrod with circular cross-section flaring towards the head; copper alloy ramrod mount fitting halfway along rod. Heavy iron corrosion.
Event Date 10/10/2024
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:320097
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