Object data
iron, brass and wood
length 34.5 cm × calibre 17 mm
anonymous
Flintlock Pistol
Netherlands, 1825
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the barrel: 1825
- inscription, on the barrel: PB
- inscription: crossed anchors and various marks (crowned S 25)
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-731
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Flintlock muzzle-loading pistol.
The barrel, marked with crossed anchors, is secured to the stock with a steel band, which in turn is attached to the stock with a strap. Brass butt cap, trigger guard and pan. Basic iron flintlock. On the opposite side of the lock, the pistol has a belt hook. The ramrod is missing
This pistol largely conforms to the Dutch Army regulation pistol M 1820 for the cavalry. According to Obreen this type of pistol was still in use in 1858.1.
Literature
J.M. Obreen, Catalogus der verzameling modellen van het Departement van Marine, The Hague 1858, no. 731; J.D. Jansen and G.R. Hof, ‘De bewapening van het Nederlandse leger in het tijdvak 1813-1840’, De wapenverzamelaar 4 (1966), pp. 3-24 and ‘De bewapening van het Nederlandse leger in het tijdvak 1840-1867’, De wapenverzamelaar 5 (1967), pp. 3-10
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Flintlock Pistol, Netherlands, 1825', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244545
(accessed 24 November 2024 06:20:02).