Exhibitions/ The Art of London Firearms/ Exhibition Object Highlights

The Art of London Firearms

At The Met Fifth Avenue
January 29, 2019–October 25, 2020

Exhibition Object Highlights

Two silver decorated pistols

Pair of flintlock pistols. Made by Samuel Brunn (English, London, recorded 1795–1820) with silver mountings attributed to Michael Barnett (English, London, 1758–ca. 1823). British, London, ca. 1800. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Gift of George D. Pratt, by exchange, 1992 (1992.330.1, .2)

Two gold decorated pistols

Pair of flintlock pistols. Made by John Manton & Son (British, London 1815–1878). British, London, ca. 1815–34. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, 1932 (32.75.138–.139)

One flintlock pistol displayed in a custom case

Flintlock pistol with case and accessories. Made by Wogdon & Barton (British, London 1795–1803). British, London, ca. 1800. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1937 (37.154.3a–g)

Two four-barrelled pistols, displayed in a custom case

Pair of four-barreled turnover percussion pistols with pair of box-lock turn-off pocket pistols, case, and accessories. Made by James Purdey the Elder (British, London 1784–1863 Margate). British, London, ca. 1831. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1935 (35.41.1–.15)




One of a pair of flintlock pistols (detail). Samuel Brunn (British, active 1795–1820), gunmaker; Michael Barnett (British, 1758–1823), silversmith. British, London, hallmarked for 1800–1801. Steel, wood (walnut), silver, gold. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Gift of George D. Pratt, by exchange, 1992 (1992.330.1, .2)