item details
NamePercussion blunderbuss or 'musketoon', with folding bayonet.
ProductionMortimer and Son; gunsmith; 1800-1850; London
Classificationfirearms, blunderbusses, musketoons, bayonets
Materialssteel, wood, brass
Materials Summarywood stock, steel barrel, brass furniture
DimensionsOverall: 185mm (height), 1150mm (length), 65mm (depth)
Registration NumberDM000107
Credit lineGift of the Wellington City Council, 1929
Overview
Musketoon, with folding bayonet, made by Mortimer & Son, London. This gun was originally made as a flintlock, circa 1820, and was later converted to percussion ignition Calibre 8
Part of the Petherick Collection.