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31. Foster 1011

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1011
Title:
East India Company Sea Service Pistol
Scope & Content:
East India Company Sea Service Pistol. Belthook intact. Ramrod missing. IOR L/R/7/382, #780-27a.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1819-1836
Extent:
1 Item

32. Foster 1012

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1012
Title:
East India Company Sea Service Pistol (in three parts).
Scope & Content:
East India Company Sea Service Pistol. This piece is currently dismantled. Lock missing. IOR L/R/7/382, #780-27a. Restored in 2004-14 F1012a: original wooden stock F1012b: Repaired missing lock and re-converted to a flintlock (replacement cock, top jaw, top jaw screw, frizzed, frizzed spr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1819-1836
Extent:
1 Item

33. Foster 1013

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1013
Title:
East India Company percussion wallpiece
Scope & Content:
Muzzle-loading, smoothbore, 5-bore. Pattern piece number 96 (engraved ‘96’ on the buttplate tang), made c.1852. Incorrect wooden ramrod. Total length: 73.5 inches. IOR L/R/7/382, #780-27a. See Harding, D.F., Smallarms of the East India Company Volume II, p.365.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1852
Extent:
1 Item

34. Foster 1014

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1014
Title:
East India Company wallpiece converted to percussion
Scope & Content:
Muzzle-loading, smoothbore, 5-bore. East India Company Pattern piece number 1 (‘No.1 WALLPIECE’ engraved on buttplate tang). Made by William Wilson as a flintlock in 1803; later converted to percussion ignition and rifled with two grooves c.1840-52. Incorrect wooden ramrod. Total length: 73 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1803-1852
Extent:
1 Item

35. Foster 1015

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1015
Title:
Pattern 1853 socket bayonet
Scope & Content:
War Department socket bayonet for the Pattern 1853 Rifled Musket (“the Enfield Rifle”). Unlike the other bayonets in this collection, this has no hilt, but merely a tubular socket. Consequently, when not attached to the rifle, it could not be used as a sword.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 Item

36. Foster 1016

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1016
Title:
Pattern 1855 Sapper sword bayonet
Scope & Content:
War Department sword bayonet for the Pattern 1855 Sapper Carbine (“Lancaster’s Carbine”). Blade with pipe back and spear point. Brass hilt with leather grips. Pommel marked ‘E.I.E.’, indicating issue to the East India Engineers (possibly the East India Company’s European engineer recruits in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 Item

37. Foster 1017

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1017
Title:
Pattern 1860 sword bayonet altered for Martini-Henry rifle
Scope & Content:
War Department production piece for the Pattern 1860 Short Rifle, later altered for the Martini-Henry Rifle by reducing the diameter of the muzzle ring by inserting a “bush”, and grinding down the pommel at the mortise slot (which has no forward extension).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
1 Item

38. Foster 1018

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1018
Title:
Pattern 1853 Artillery sword bayonet
Scope & Content:
War Department production piece for the Pattern 1853 Artillery Carbine. Inspector's stamp from Enfield (Royal Small Arms Factory) reads ‘E 8’. Mortise slot with short extension at front.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1853-1856
Extent:
1 Item

39. Foster 1019

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1019
Title:
Pattern 1858 Artillery sword bayonet
Scope & Content:
War Department production piece for the Pattern 1858 Artillery Carbine. At base of blade: inspector's stamp from Enfield (Royal Small Arms Factory) ‘E 41’; stamp with crown over ‘VR’. Mortise slot with no forward extension.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1853-1856
Extent:
1 Item

40. Foster 1020

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 1020
Title:
Pattern 1856 Pioneer’s Sword
Scope & Content:
War Department production piece. Brass grips and stirrup hilt. This sword functioned as both a weapon and a working tool; the distinctive serrated back to the blade was intended for cutting wood (pioneers were expected to cut through trees and other wooden obstacles, make fascines and revetmen...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1856-1890
Extent:
1 Item

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