Flintlock Box-Lock Turn-Off Pistol
Charles Freeth|Ketland
ca. 1770–80
Medium
Steel, wood (walnut), silver
Dimensions
L. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); L. of barrel 4 in. (10.2 cm); Cal. .44 in. (11.3 mm); Wt. 10. 6 oz (300.5 g)
Classification
Firearms-Pistols-Flintlock
Culture
British, probably Birmingham
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Christian A. Zabriskie, 1937
Accession Number
37.189.4
About the Artist
Charles Freeth|Ketland ( | ) · 1700 |1750 –1815 |1850
British, active late 18th century|British, London and Birmingham, active mid- 18th century–1831