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Blunderbuss: O.130-1879

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Blunderbuss

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Blunderbuss, lockplate engraved faintly with the East India Company's merchant's mark (heart-shaped cartouche in quarters, with letters 'E', 'I' and 'C', surmounted by the figure '4') with date 1725.

Legal notes

Given by Robert Taylor, MA

Place(s) associated

  • India ⪼ India

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1879) by Taylor, Robert, MA

Dating

Production date: AD 1725

Note

The donor, Robert Taylor, described this as a 'Brass blunderbuss, received in the disarming of Jounpore [Jaunpur]. It bears the company's mark with date 1725.' Taylor's euphemistic reference to 'disarming', most likely refers to Jaunpur's part in the so-called 'Indian Rebellion' of 1857, an uprising against the rule of the East India Company.

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.130-1879
Primary reference Number: 207607
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 12 January 2016 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024 Last processed: Saturday 22 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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