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Drawer 18

Technical progress in the 19th century – revolvers

The drawer presents a selection of inventions leading to the invention of effective, multi-shot revolver weapons in the mid-19th century

1. Double-barrelled percussion pistol

1. Double-barrelled percussion pistol

Europe, Belgium (?), ca. 1840

Iron, wood, forging, blackening, engraving, carving

Gift of Witold Mieszkowski, 1935

2. Eight-barrel pepperbox percussion pistol

2. Eight-barrel pepperbox percussion pistol

Belgium, Liège, ca. half of the 19th c.

Steel, pattern welding, ivory, forging, etching, engraving, carving, polishing

3. Sharp pocket pistol

3. Sharp pocket pistol

Austria, sign.: H. Mann, ca. half of the 19th c.

Steel, wood, forging, milling, oxidation, engraving

 

 

4. Pepperbox percussion pistol, Model 1866

4. Pepperbox percussion pistol, Model 1866

France, Paris, sign.: ‘Devisme’, ca. 1875-1890

Steel, wood, forging, milling, bluing, punching, etching

5. Lefaucheux revolver

5. Lefaucheux revolver

Belgium, Liège, 1871

Steel, ivory, gold, forging, engraving, gilding, punching, polishing