© National Museum of Scotland
The Breadalbane Gun
Artist: attributed to Patrick Ramsay (active1599 -)
Location: National Museum of Scotland
Date: 1599
Materials: wood & steel
Dimensions: 208 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £140,000)
Review number: 2761 (1979)
Provenance:
Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy (from whose descendants the Earls of Breadalbane - and name of gun); by descent.
Description:
Wooden stock, curved & fluted; steel barrel with chiselled decorations; snaphaunce lock. One of the decorative panels shows arms and initials of Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy. Another panel - pot of lilies: probably taken from the arms of Dundee.
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