Pair of Forsyth Patent Third Model Sliding Primer Pistols
Medium
Steel, wood (walnut), silver
Dimensions
L. of each 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); L. of each barrel 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Cal. of each .36 in. (9.14 mm); Wt. of each 7 oz. (198.5 g)
Classification
Firearms-Pistols
Culture
British, London
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Charles M. Schott Jr., 1917
Accession Number
19.53.99a, b
About the Artist
Alexander John Forsyth|Forsyth & Co. ( |British) · 1808 |1768 –1852 |1843
British, London 1808–1852|British, 1768–1843