Object data
wood, brass and iron
height 14 cm × width 43 cm × depth 44 cm
Rijkswerf Vlissingen, Brignol
Gunlock (Flintlock) on a Dummy Breech of a 30-Pounder Cannon
Flushing, Paris, 1820
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the breech: KORT KANON à 30 lb / NATUURLYKE GROOTTE.
- inscription, on the lock: BRIGNOL / Pâris / 1810; 4 /
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-696
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Right-handed gunlock (flintlock) mounted on a wooden dummy breech of a 30-pounder gun.
The lock has a brass box with iron mechanism, cock and pan cover. It is mounted with a pin at the forward end and a bolt in the middle.
This lock is identical to model NG-MC-697. Flintlocks for cannon were introduced to the Dutch Navy after 1810. This type was replaced by percussion locks around 1840. Models of this kind were sent to Liège, in order to pass on the correct measurements for the vent patch before casting the cannon.
Literature
J.C. Pilaar, Proeve van eene handleiding tot de kennis der zee-artillerie, Delft 1828; J.N. Calten, Leiddraad bij het onderrigt in de zee-artillerie, Delft 1832, pp. 336-37, pl. X; J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 696; W.G.M.H. Canisius, ‘De ontwikkeling van scheepsgeschut bij de Nederlandse marine in 1780-1880’, Erfgoed van Industrie en Techniek 2 (1993), no. 2, pp. 43-62, no. 3, pp. 80-87, p. 52
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Rijkswerf Vlissingen and Brignol, Gunlock (Flintlock) on a Dummy Breech of a 30-Pounder Cannon, 1810', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244511
(accessed 14 November 2024 04:09:15).