Pair of Tube-Lock Hammers

Gunsmith Joseph Manton British

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Joseph Manton, one of the most influential and esteemed gunmakers in London in the late 18th and early 19th century, patented the tube-lock mechanism in 1818 (patent no. 4285). London gunmakers invented dozens of new percussion technologies in the first half of the 19th century, but the tube-lock was one of the few that was widely adopted. This pair of hammers bear the same serial number (8458) as the tube-lock shotgun by Egg in the Museum's collection (acc. no. 37.29.4). They are the gun's orginal hammers, or replacements included with the set.

Pair of Tube-Lock Hammers, Joseph Manton (British, Grantham, Lincolnshire 1766–1835 London), Steel, British, London

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Pair of Tube-Lock Hammers, Joseph Manton (British, Grantham, Lincolnshire 1766–1835 London), Steel, British, London
Pair of Tube-Lock Hammers, Joseph Manton (British, Grantham, Lincolnshire 1766–1835 London), Steel, British, London

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