Key Information
Reference code
K/MUS/5
Title
Pair of flintlock pistols, c 1685
Date(s)
- c 1685 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
Pair of ‘turn-over’ flintlock pistols, with revolving double barrels and steel mounts, also known as Wender pistols, made by Thomas Deveux, Liege, c 1685 [information kindly supplied by Mark Murray Flutter, Senior Curator Firearms and Weapons, Royal Armouries, Leeds, 2016]. Exhibited in the former George III Museum as an example of the application of heat, and loaned to the Science Museum, 1927-2014.