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Pair of pistols owned by the Earls of Stair

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made in Canongate, Edinburgh

Postcard of Pair of pistols owned by the Earls of Stair.
000-100-000-823-C
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Pair of pistols owned by the Earls of Stair

This pair of iron and silver pistols was owned by the Earls of Stair. The pistols were made around 1660 by either Alexander Logan or Adam Lawson, gunmakers in the Canongate in Edinburgh.

The pistols have scroll butts and a snaphance lock mechansim. This type of lock, favoured by Scottish gunsmiths, used a flint to spark the gunpowder.

The massacre of Glencoe in 1692 was the most infamous example of state sanctioned violence in 17th-century Scotland. It was the Lord Advocate, Dalrymple of Stair, who gave the order for the destruction of the MacDonalds of Glencoe.


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Online ID: 000-100-000-823-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.LH 434
Date: Around 1660
c. 1660
c. 1660
Material:
Dimensions: 660 mm L
660 mm L
What: Pistol
Pistol
Subject: Firearms (NMAS Classification)
Firearms (NMAS Classification)
Who: Adam Lawson (?) (Gunsmith)
Adam Lawson (?) (Gunsmith)
Alexander Logan (?), Canongate (Gunsmith)
Alexander Logan (?), Canongate (Gunsmith)
Earl of Stair (Owner)
Earl of Stair (Owner)
Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Canongate
Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Canongate
Event:
Description: One of a pair of scroll butt pistols of great length with snaphaunce locks, the work of either Alexander Logan or Adam Lawson, gunmakers in Canongate, c. 1660, owned by the Earls of Stair
One of a pair of scroll butt pistols of great length with snaphaunce locks, the work of either Alexander Logan or Adam Lawson, gunmakers in Canongate, c. 1660, owned by the Earls of Stair
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