1. Foster 990
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 990
- Title:
- Pattern 1855 Sharps’ Carbine.
- Scope & Content:
- Breech-loading, rifled, .577in calibre. East India Company pattern piece number 121 (‘121’ engraved on buttplate tang). This carbine is one of 6,000 ordered from the U.S. manufacturers Robbins & Lawrence by the War Department in 1855. It was evidently sold to the East India Company c1856...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1855
- Extent:
- 1 Item