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Revolver, flintlock   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Elisha Collier
Title
Revolver, flintlock
Object type Classification: NM3.7884
Description
English: American Collier patent flintlock five shot revolver, circa 1818 flintlock five shot revolver; .47 inch calibre; 5 shot; front cylinder loading after removal of cover plate; octagonal barrel; smoothbore; squared body at breech, similar to boxlock; scroll etching on barrel top, lock, trigger guard and frame strap; brass oblong escutcheon on wrist; silver inlaid 8-pointed star on left hand side of pistol grip missing- ramrod; two screws from top of body; on hammer, top bracket and retaining screw markings- makers's marks on barrel- E.H COLLIER, 93 London right hand lock plate- E.H. COLLIER - 93 PATENT on frizzen- E.H. COLLIER - 93 PATENT manufacturer EH Collier, circa 1818
Date circa 1818
date QS:P571,+1818-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
; George III (1760 - 1820)-House of Brunswick, Hanover Line-English reign; 27 Nov 1919
Dimensions

length: 362mm
length: 160mm
height: 148mm
width: 50mm
notes: barrel

notes: overall
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
776085 (object number)
Place of creation London
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, W0100, 38005.63
Notes

American Collier patent flintlock five shot revolver, circa 1818 Made in England under Colliers patent 1818Collier’s flintlock revolver, patented in 1818, was the first step in direction of modern revolver. Collier was an American gunsmith from Boston who developed a practical flintlock revolving pistol in 1810. He was granted a Royal Patent, and worked in London, 45 The Strand, until 1852 when he returned to Boston. He died in 1863. This weapon was also referred to as "Highland Tag" (See "Small Arms of the world" Smith)

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