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Double-Barrel Shotgun

Collection Type

  • Armament

Date

1868-1899

GUSN

GUSN-12254

Description

Plain wood stock decorated with cross-hatching where it meets the double-barrel shaft. Two hammers, plate surrounding them is decorated with elaborate scrolls.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shotguns
metal
wood (plant material)
cross-hatching
scrolls (motifs)
Unidentified Metal
Cross Hatch
Scroll
SHOTGUN, DOUBLE-BARREL

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1539

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