Treasures from the Tower of London: An Exhibition of Arms and ArmorSainsbury Centre for Visual Arts |
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arms and armour attached bearing Board of Ordnance bore brass breech British butt Calibre carbine cartridge cavalry centre chiselled cinquedeas cock collection consisting crossbow crowned dated decorated Dimensions Length overall Dufty & Borg edge English engraved etched European swords exhibition fifteenth firearms flintlock foliage fore-end German gilt gold guard helmet Henry VIII hilt howdah pistols inlaid inscription Italian knuckle-guard lb 2 oz leather Length of barrel Length of blade Length of head Literature lock lock-plate London gunmaker maker maker's mark matchlock mounts Museum musket muzzle National Art-Collections Fund pair pan-cover partizan pattern pierced pistols plates pollaxe pommel probably Provenance purchased quillons ramrod ricasso Royal Armouries scabbard scroll-work scrolls seventeenth century side silver single-edged snaphance socket sporting gun staff weapon stamped steel straight swords and daggers tassets Tower of London trigger-guard trophies of arms weapons Weight wheel-lock William Fenwick Williams Wooden grip