
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.
More information
Title of artwork, date
The Breadalbane Gun, 1599
Date supported
1979
Medium and material
Wood & steel
Dimensions
208 cm
Grant
5000
Total cost
140000
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