China
Matchlock musket nineteenth century
Wood, iron and brass | 200.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 71724
On loan, Royal Armouries [Leeds]
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Matchlock musket, with snap matchlock mechanism. Stock with short curving butt; long, slender tapering octagonal barrel painted black; two brass barrel bands
Provenance
Possibly part of the group guns presented to Queen Victoria by Captain Hall of the steamer Nemesis and captured during the First Opium War (1839-42).
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Wood, iron and brass
Measurements
200.0 cm (whole object)
Category