The Breadalbane Gun

attributed to Patrick Ramsay (active1599 -)

National Museum of Scotland

1599

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.

• Medium: wood & steel
• Dimensions: 208 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £5000 ( Total: £140,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1979

Provenance

Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy (from whose descendants the Earls of Breadalbane - and name of gun); by descent.

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