Collection Highlights
The Lost Cause
Date:
1871
Object Number:
PR.068.19
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
English double barrel flint lock shotgun: inscribed
Object Number:
INV.5647
Date:
1810-1830
Medium:
Iron, wood, brass
Dimensions:
barrel length: 30 in. ( 76.2 cm )
Overall: 46 in. ( 116.8 cm )
Marks:
engraved: center lockplates: "Twigg" (foliate)
engraved: barrel: "London" (foliate)
engraved: escutcheon plate: "TWG" (foliate)
Description:
Iron, wood, and brass flintlock shotgun; double-barreled muzzleloader with front action lock; brass-capped wooden ramrod; iron furniture; scrolled and floral decorations on pineapple trigger guard, lockplates and cocks, barrel tang, buttplate and tang; pineapple rear ramrod pipe; engraved inscriptions on lockplates, barrel, and oval escutcheon plate; checkering at wrist; inlaid brass lines on barrel breech.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
