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The Breadalbane Gun

Patrick Ramsay, 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.

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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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