Maker: Unknown
This fragment comprises the wooden stock and short fore-end of a toradar. The butt is five-sided, pierced with a hole for the match with a lobed washer at either side, fitted with a lock with a fretted trigger and simple sprung linkage to the serpentine. The lock pivots have small lobed washers, and more of these retain long fretted iron sock reinforces, now bent and partially detached. Near the front of the fore-end is a sling swivel, and on the outside a faceted finial and loop for the missing vent pricker chain. The bone breech cap is missing, the butt cracked and chipped, the whole in a gloomy state of disrepair.
History note: Probably from the Tanjore armoury, broken up in 1860 (see documentation: Elgood 2004)
Given by Robert Taylor, MA
Length: 72 cm
Weight: 740 g
Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA
18th Century?#
Probably
1700
CE
-
1800
CE
Accession number: O.4-1879
Primary reference Number: 158309
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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