Nicholson Over and Under Pistol
date: label: date made
content: ca 1770
name: label: maker
content: Nicholson, William
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: British Nicholson barrel box-lock over-and-under pistol, .44 caliber.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This pistol was donated by Blanche Rotchford who stated it was "My Revolutionary flint lock pistol with which my ancestors fought for freedom from England."
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: The over-and-under barrel box-lock allows this pistol to be fired twice before reloading. A lever positions the barrel box to open and fire the top barrel and can be repositioned to open and fire the lower barrel.
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: Associated Place
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: American Revolution
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.66614M
label: accession number
content: 229200
label: catalog number
content: 66614M
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pistol
label: Other Terms
content: Pistol; Flintlock; .41 In; Smooth Bore; 1A; Ta
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 19.05 cm x 4.445 cm