Copy of a Pistol
1884 (made), 1884 (made), 17th century (made)
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An electrotype type pattern of a pistol.
Object details
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Electroformed copper |
Brief description | Type pattern for a pistol, made from electroformed copper by Elkington & Co., Birmingham or London, about 1884. |
Physical description | An electrotype type pattern of a pistol. |
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Gallery label | Electrotype pattern of
Pistol
20. Electrotype of
Gittern
The untrimmed copper impression of a pistol is a type pattern. This is the first stage in the electrotyping process and is kept so that new moulds can be made from it when multiple copies of an object are required and the original work is too fragile or inaccessible. Copies are ornamental rather than functional. All the moving parts of the firing mechanism on the original iron pistol, in the Imperial Arsenal in Russia, are fixed still in the single copper impression. The copper rendering of the gittern would play very differently from the 14th-century boxwood original, now in the British Museum.
Type pattern for
Pistol
Elkington & Co., about 1884
Electroformed copper
London, England
Museum no. Repro.1884-48
Type pattern for
Citole (formerly known as
The Warwick Castle Gittern)
Giovanni Franchi and Son,
about 1869
Electroformed copper
London, England(30.11.18) |
Object history | An electroformed type pattern of a pistol depicting hunting subjects, figures, and floral ornament. It was made by Elkington & Co. in either Birmingham or London in about 1884. The original was made in Germany in the 17th century, and is now in the Imperial Arsenal in Russia. |
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Accession number | REPRO.1884-48 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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