Accession Number | REL/08319 |
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Collection type | Technology |
Object type | Firearm |
Place made | United Kingdom: England |
Date made | c 1851 |
Conflict |
British Army Era, 1788-1870 |
Adams Patent Revolver
Adams Patent five shot percussion revolver. Top frame engraved BLANCH & SON 29 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON and ADAMS' PATENT No 7924 on the right side. The grips are one piece checkered wood and the butt cap has a hinged patch box. This revolver is contained in an oak case measuring 340x205x60 mm and has a 1.5 inch brass disc on the top lid. Inside the lid is a John Blanch trade label stating gun and pistol manufacturers. The case has compartments, lined in green baize, with a copper powder flask, a small green tin made by F JOYCE & Co containing percusion caps, a plastic bag with seven lead conical projectiles and twenty lead balls, a brass bullet mould, a wooden cleaning rod, a black wooden handled nipple wrench, a wooden handled screwdriver, a small nickel oil bottle made by Dixon & Sons and a key to the box lock.
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