Tinder-pistol (length 5 1/2 ins) of brass
- Made:
- Bow
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Tinder-pistol (length 5 1/2 ins) of brass
Science Museum Group
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Tinder-pistol (length 5 1/2 ins) of brass, with wooden butt; slightly decorated by engraving; no trigger-guard; 18th century. (It was probably a tinder-pistol of this type that Sterne says he had stolen from him at Siena, about 1765: see his "Sentimental Journey".) England.
Details
- Category:
- Firemaking
- Object Number:
- 1937-682/1114
- type:
- tinder pistol
- credit:
- Wilkinson Sword Ltd.
