1927.45.1

Collection type

Object

Description

Short barrelled percussion-gun by H. W. Mortimer, London, with cleaning-rod [.2], shot-pouch [.3], powder-flask [.4], 5 boxes of percussion-caps [.5, .6, .7, .8, .9], 2 screw-drivers [.10, .11], a nipple-wrench [.12], and 21 cast leaden bullets [.13].

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England London

Cultural groups

English

Person

Maker Harvey Walklate Mortimer, London

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source Miss Hatchett Jackson

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1837

Date collected

By 1845

Acquisition information

Donated: 1927

Materials and processes

Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Brass Metal, Material Silver Metal, Material Paper Plant, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Etched, Process Carved, Process Turned, Process Stitched, Process Repoussé, Process Recycled

Dimensions

Diameter: max 17 mm, Diameter: max 40 mm, Diameter: max 40 mm, Diameter: max 41 mm, Diameter: max 40 mm, Diameter: max 13 mm, Height: max 195 mm, Height: max 42 mm, Width: max 65 mm, Width: max 80 mm, Width: max 45 mm, Length: max 98 mm, Length: max 790 mm, Length: max 599 mm, Length: max 220 mm, Length: max 200 mm, Length: max 122 mm, Length: max 95 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1927.45.1

Research and responses

The donor - Miss Hatchet Jackson - is probably related to William Hatchett Jackson, who read Natural History at New College (1870-73), and later taught on the Natural Science degree (at Keble College), becoming the Radcliffe's Librarian in 1900. [Dan Hicks 22/04/2013]

Search terms: Firearm Weapon, Tool, Bag, Vessel, Firearm, Firearm Accessory, Ammunition Holder