Revolver

Museum number:
1-214048
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010214048
Alternate number:
7-78 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.389
Description:
Revolver, pinfire. Cal. ca. 11.3 mm (0.45 inches). Single action breech loading oval trigger guard, ejector rod with cramplatch. No proof marks, and unmarked except for no. “73” on cylinder and frame. Uncertain origin; probably French. Found in ruins of San Francisco after fire.
Donor:
J. B. Warren
Collection place:
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Revolvers (firearms)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1910
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Revolver, accession number 1-214048, described as Revolver, pinfire. Cal. ca. 11.3 mm (0.45 inches). Single action breech loading oval trigger guard, ejector rod with cramplatch. No proof marks, and unmarked except for no. “73” on cylinder and frame. Uncertain origin; probably French. Found in ruins of San Francisco after fire.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Revolver, accession number 1-214048, described as Revolver, pinfire. Cal. ca. 11.3 mm (0.45 inches). Single action breech loading oval trigger guard, ejector rod with cramplatch. No proof marks, and unmarked except for no. “73” on cylinder and frame. Uncertain origin; probably French. Found in ruins of San Francisco after fire.

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