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161. Foster 979

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 979
Title:
Ami Chand ('Ummeechund'), a trooper in Skinner's Horse who saved the life of William Fraser in 1819. Terracotta model painted in polychrome, based on the painting originally in the Fraser Albums.
Scope & Content:
Terracotta model of ‘Ummeechund’, a trooper of Skinner’s Horse, wearing the distinctive long yellow coat with red trimmings, a black jacket with red frogging and with facings at the collar in white with red trim, a tiger-skin bandolier, a tall shako marked with a crescent and with red trimmings ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1819-1820
Extent:
1 Item

162. Foster 981

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 981
Title:
Indian matchlock with punched silver sheet decoration from Datia State.
Scope & Content:
Indian matchlock (‘bandukh torador’) with punched silver sheet decoration and ‘Datia State’ inlaid in gold on the breech. Muzzle-loading. Barrel held in stock by wire (defective). Datia State is in Central India, adjacent to Gwalior and Jhansi.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1850
Extent:
1 Item

163. Foster 981-1033

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 981-1033
Title:
F981-1033 India Office Weapons. This collection contains guns, bayonets, swords, a sword bag and a medal. These 53 items were formerly kept in the I ...
Scope & Content:
F981-1033 India Office Weapons. This collection contains guns, bayonets, swords, a sword bag and a medal. These 53 items were formerly kept in the India Office building in Whitehall. Some of the weapons in the collection were production pieces as made in quantity and used in India, while oth...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1940
Extent:
53 items

164. Foster 982

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 982
Title:
East India Company Pattern F Percussion Musket.
Scope & Content:
This musket was made in 1844-46, as is indicated by its ‘H’ and ‘K’ inspection codes. Markings on the buttplate indicate that it was issued from the Grand Arsenal, Bombay, between October and December 1859 (3rd quarter of the official year 1859[-60]). Stamped ‘26’ on side of butt. Trigger gua...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1844-1846
Extent:
1 Item

165. Foster 983

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 983
Title:
East India Company Pattern F Percussion Musket.
Scope & Content:
This musket was made in 1846-47, as is indicated by its ‘L’ inspection codes. Markings on the buttplate indicate that it was issued from the Grand Arsenal, Bombay, between October and December 1859 (3rd quarter of the official year 1859[-60]). Stamped ‘14’ on side of butt. Ramrod missing. IO...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1846-1847
Extent:
1 Item

166. Foster 984

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 984
Title:
East India Company Pattern F Percussion Musket
Scope & Content:
This musket was made in 1848-49, as is indicated by its ‘N’ inspection codes. Stamped ‘2’ on side of butt. Ramrod missing. IOR L/R/7/382, #780-1.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1848-1849
Extent:
1 Item

167. Foster 985

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 985
Title:
East India Company Pattern F Percussion Musket.
Scope & Content:
This musket was made in 1849-50, as is indicated by its ‘P’ inspection codes. Markings on the buttplate indicate that it was issued from a magazine or arsenal in 1857. Stamped ‘32’ on side of butt. Ramrod missing. IOR L/R/7/382, #780-12.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1849-1850
Extent:
1 Item

168. Foster 986

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 986
Title:
East India Company Pattern E/F Percussion Musket.
Scope & Content:
This musket was made in 1843-44, as is indicated by its ‘G’ inspection codes, as a “Pattern E” musket, but it was later converted to “Pattern F” by fitting a new bayonet catch. Stamped ‘15’ on side of butt. Ramrod missing. IOR L/R/7/382, #780-16.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1843-1844
Extent:
1 Item

169. Foster 987

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 987
Title:
East India Company Pattern F Percussion Musket
Scope & Content:
This musket was made in 1848-50, as indicated by its ‘N’ and ‘P’ inspection codes. The stamps ‘BAKER’ on the lower edge of the butt and ‘E.BAKER’ in the ramrod channel indicate that it was “set up” by the London gunmakers E.S. Baker & Son. Markings on the buttplate indicate that it was is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1848-1850
Extent:
1 Item

170. Foster 988

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 988
Title:
Pattern 1865 Sergeants’ Fusil
Scope & Content:
Muzzle-loading, smoothbore, .656in calibre. This is a duplicate War Department pattern piece manufactured at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, in 1865, for the Secretary of State for India. An inscription stamped on the side of the butt reads ‘‘Duplicate’ … Fusil Serjts With Heavier Barre...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
1 Item