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Pistol
Unique ID: NMGW-F1CC67
Object type certainty: Certain
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Decorative cast copper alloy handle mount from the butt end of a flintlock pistol dating to the 18th or early 19th century. This is a mount to fit over the bottom and front of the wooden handle of a flintlock pistol. The mount is simply decorated with a concentric series of four mouldings on the butt end. The base of the gently curving projecting arm has a scallop design either side of a double linear moulding with fades or has been worn away near the top of the arm. The mount has broken at apex of the arm, just before the mount thins, where it would have developed into the trigger guard. There is a small recess at the rear of the butt, which may have housed a mount attached to the rear of the handle. The iron attachment pin is still present at the butt.
Class: Handle Mount from Flintlock
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 1700
Date to: AD 1899
Dimensions and weight
Length: 97 mm
Width: 75 mm
Weight: 68.9 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Moulded [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration style: Other [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Wales
County: Newport
District: Newport
Parish: Caerleon
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002
Personal details
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Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Friday 29th August 2003
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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