Holster Pistol

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Flintlock Pistol, obverse.
Flintlock Pistol, reverse.
Flintlock Pistol, detail, lockplate.
Flintlock Pistol, detail, barrel.
Flintlock Pistol, detail, trigger guard.
Description:

Physical Description:

This .63 caliber smoothbore flintlock pistol was made by Thomas Lawrence of Philadelphia, Pa. It is brass mounted with decorative engravings on the trigger guard, guard plate, side plate, butt plate and lockplate. The stock is carved with a shell motif around the barrel tang.

The lock plate is stamped “LAWRENCE” and the tang is stamped “PHILADa”.

History:

Thomas Lawrence was an armorer at the Continental Arsenal in Philadelphia from 1780 through 1782 and worked under government contract repairing arms through 1785.

References:

Flayderman, Norm. Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms…and their Values, Gun Digest Books, Iola, 2007. 9th edition.

Smith, Samuel E. and Edwin W. Bitter. Historic Pistols: The American Martial Flintlock 1760-1845, Scalamandre Publications, New York: 1986, p. 76.

Date Made: ca 1780

Maker: Lawrence, Thomas

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

See more items in: Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military, The Bitter Collection of Firearms, Military

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: The Adriana and Edwin W. Bitter Family Collection

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1987.0014.28Catalog Number: 1987.0014.28Accession Number: 1987.0014Collector/Donor Number: P177L

Object Name: pistolpistol, flintlock

Physical Description: iron (part material)brass (part material)wood (part material)Measurements: average spatial: 37.275 cm; 14 11/16 inbarrel: 1.6 cm x 23.495 cm; 5/8 in x 9 1/4 inoverall: 14 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 2 in; 37.465 cm x 15.875 cm x 5.08 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-5ad9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1082444

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