Firearm
19th century (made)
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This matchlock musket has a steel barrel overlaid with gold. Its stock is of carved wood and ivory with engraved silver mounts. Probably dating from the early 19th century, it was acquired as being from Lahore by the Indian Museum at an unspecified date, and was transferred to the South Kensington Museum, later renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum, in 1879. Lahore was a renowned centre of the production of arms and armour in the Mughal period, and this continued when Ranjit Singh was proclaimed the first Sikh Maharaja of the Panjab in Lahore in 1801, from where he ruled until his death in 1839.
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Materials and techniques | Forged crucible steel decorated with gold kuftkari and mounted on red wood with ivory and chased silver mounts |
Brief description | Matchlock gun with a watered steel barrel decorated with gold overlay, mounted on a slender red wood stock with ivory and chased silver mounts, Lahore, 19th century. |
Physical description | Matchlock gun with a steel barrel decorated at either end with gold, mounted on a slender, straight red wood stock with an ivory butt and chased silver sideplates. |
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Credit line | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879 |
Production | Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879 |
Summary | This matchlock musket has a steel barrel overlaid with gold. Its stock is of carved wood and ivory with engraved silver mounts. Probably dating from the early 19th century, it was acquired as being from Lahore by the Indian Museum at an unspecified date, and was transferred to the South Kensington Museum, later renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum, in 1879. Lahore was a renowned centre of the production of arms and armour in the Mughal period, and this continued when Ranjit Singh was proclaimed the first Sikh Maharaja of the Panjab in Lahore in 1801, from where he ruled until his death in 1839. |
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Accession number | 2593(IS) |
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Record created | September 5, 2003 |
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