Object data
wood, iron and brass
length 87 cm
anonymous
Signalling Gun
? France, 1750 - 1806
Provenance
...; collection Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1765-1837), Amsterdam, 1807;1 Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, 1837;2 transferred to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1028
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Flintlock gun for signalling.
The gun has no barrel, instead, the stock has a groove for powder with a pan at the end, in which a pyrotechnic mixture is placed to produce a flare. From lock to signalling pan, the stock is covered with a wooden cover, which can be raised, pivoting on a bolt near the lock. Stock and cover are decorated with elegant carvings of leaves.
Jochem Pietersz Asmus (1755-1837) mentions a signalling gun in his private collection in 1807,3 which may be this one. He collected it during his travels through France in 1797.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1028
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Signalling Gun, France, 1750 - 1806', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244843
(accessed 23 April 2024 15:37:32).