Gun - Overcoat or Travelling Pistol

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Date:Not Recorded

Description:A muzzle-loading, double-barrelled, 'over and under', overcoat, travelling or percussion pistol, made in London.

It has a walnut, chequered butt with a silver escutcheon. The barrels, fired by two separate blocks, are two separate octagonal-section barrels of stub or damascus twist, with a swivel ramrod.

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Warwickshire unspecified or out of county Social History Metalwork Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum Artillery, Tanks & Weapons

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Donor ref: LEAMG : M4020.1993 (73/25952)

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