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Flint-lock pistol with overlaid decoration
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1809 (AH 1224)
- Material and technique
- steel and wood, overlaid with gold and silver; silver fittings
- Dimensions
- 15 x 45 x 5.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › steel,processed material › metal › gold,
- Technique index
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arms/armour › weapon › gun › pistol,arms/armour › weapon › gun
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 1998.
- Accession no.
- EA1998.8
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Further reading
Allan, James, and Brian Gilmour, Persian Steel: The Tanavoli Collection, Oxford Studies in Islamic Art, 15 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), illus. p. 159 fig. 15
Location
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- currently in research collection
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