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821. Foster 996

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 996
Title:
Dreyse needle-fire cavalry carbine
Scope & Content:
Breech-loading, rifled, approx .686in calibre. East India Company experimental pattern piece number 83 (engraved ‘83’ on buttplate tang). This gun derives its name from its Prussian designed ignition system of 1849; it contains a needle which punctures the powder charge and strikes a detonatin...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1849-1860
Extent:
1 Item

822. Foster 997

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 997
Title:
Pattern 1856 Short Rifle
Scope & Content:
Muzzle-loading, rifled, .557in calibre. War Department production piece bought by the East India Company as a specimen and numbered as their pattern piece number 118 (engraved ‘118’ on buttplate tang). Correct ramrod present. Backsight leaves. IOR L/R/7/382, #780-24.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856
Extent:
1 Item

823. Foster 998

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 998
Title:
Jacob’s Rifle experimental single-barrelled rifle
Scope & Content:
Muzzle-loading, rifled, approx .615in calibre. Pattern piece made c.1855 and submitted by Major J. Jacob (of the Bombay Artillery) to the Court of Directors of the East India Company for possible use in their armies. An inscription on the butt trap lid reads ‘MAJOR JOHN JACOBS PATTERN RIFLE O...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 Item

824. Foster 999

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 999
Title:
Jacob’s Rifle
Scope & Content:
Muzzle-loading, rifled, .526in calibre. Production piece. These double-barrelled rifles were procured through the Secretary of State for India for use in Jacob’s Rifles (a Bombay native infantry regiment of two-battalion strength), but were withdrawn after only a few years’ use.. Lockplates m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 Item

825. Foster 1000

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1000
Title:
Board of Ordnance Brunswick Rifle
Scope & Content:
Muzzle-loading, rifled, .704in calibre. East India Company pattern piece number 56 (engraved ‘56’ on the buttplate tang). Board of Ordnance production piece bought as a sample by the East India Company, 1846. Correct ramrod present. Butt trap contains cleaning jag. Backsight with one fixed ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 Item

826. Foster 1001

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1001
Title:
Board of Ordnance Brunswick Rifle
Scope & Content:
Board of Ordnance Brunswick Rifle. Muzzle-loading, rifled, .704in calibre. Late production piece made at Enfield, 1854. Markings on the buttplate tang (‘96/RR/C/39’) indicate issue to soldier 39 of C Company in an unidentified regiment (possibly Canadian Militia). Correct ramrod present and ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1854
Extent:
1 Item

827. Foster 1002

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1002
Title:
Double-barreled Minié rifle
Scope & Content:
Muzzle-loading, rifled, .758in calibre. East India Company pattern piece number 87 (engraved ‘87’ on buttplate tang). Purchased from the Board of Ordnance by the East India Company c.1854 as a specimen but never put into production. Swivel rammer. Adjustable backsight. Total length: 41.75 i...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1854
Extent:
1 Item

828. Foster 1003

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1003
Title:
German Gewehr 98 Mauser rifle
Scope & Content:
Breech-loading, rifled, 8mm Mauser calibre. Label reads, "This captured German rifle is presented by the National War Savings committee to the India Office". IOR L/R/7/382, #780-27.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914-1919
Extent:
1 Item

829. Foster 1004

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1004
Title:
German Gewehr 98 Mauser rifle
Scope & Content:
Breech-loading, rifled, 8mm Mauser calibre. Unlabelled. This rifle was given to the India Office at the same time as F1003. IOR L/R/7/382, #780-27.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1914-1919
Extent:
1 Item

830. Foster 1005

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1005
Title:
East India Company large brass musketoon with swivel
Scope & Content:
Muzzle-loading, flintlock ignition. Production piece set up by Daniel Moore, 1780. Swivel mounting and ramrod missing. Screw for top jaw broken. Total length: 38 inches. IOR L/R/7/382, #780-6. See Harding, D.F., Smallarms of the East India Company. Volume II, p.343 (centre photo).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

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