Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Percussion pistols (2)
Object Number:
1907.33a
Date:
1845-1860
Medium:
Wood, iron, brass
Dimensions:
Overall (largest): 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm)
Part (barrel): 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Marks:
stamped: barrel: "DRESSER & PARKER/TRENTON . NJ"
Description:
Wood, iron, and brass percussion pistol; iron mountings; thistle-shaped trigger guard with engraved floral designs; engraved floral designs on hammer, lockplate, and barrel tang; brass wedges with circular estucheons; checkered handle with eagle-shaped butt cap; stamped mark on barrel; one pistol has a brass-capped wooden ramrod.
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, Henry Parker was listed as a Trenton gunsmith in 1857, in partnership with a man named Boughton. Dresser was not mentioned. The pistols are probably dueling pistols.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
