Swivel Gun

anonymous, 1800 - 1856

Lilla of draaibas met een achtkantige vuurmond en een versierde loop.

  • Artwork typelilla
  • Object numberNG-MC-1105
  • Dimensionstotal: length 119 cm x diameter 11.8 cm, length 13 cm, length 106 cm, calibre 16 mm x weight 30.6 kg

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Swivel Gun

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1105

  • Description

    Lilla of draaibas met een achtkantige vuurmond en een versierde loop.

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Creation

  • Creation

    gun founder: anonymous, Borneo

  • Dating

    1800 - 1856

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • total: length 119 cm x diameter 11.8 cm
    • length 13 cm
    • length 106 cm
    • calibre 16 mm x weight 30.6 kg

Explanatory note

  • Deze lilla of draaibas met een loop van Borneo's maaksel is in april 1856 door Zr. Ms. stoomschip Amsterdam nabij Tanjung Pulisan op de noordoostkust van Celebes op zeerovers veroverd.

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1856-04

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

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anonymous

Swivel Gun

Borneo, 1800 - 1856

Provenance

...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883

Object number: NG-MC-1105

Entry

Swivel gun with octagonal barrel and ornamented stock.

This swivel gun, which had a barrel of Borneo make,1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1105. was captured from pirates near Tanjung Pulisan on the north-eastern tip of Celebes by Amsterdam in April 1856.

Literature

J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1105

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Swivel Gun, Borneo, 1800 - 1856', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20054111

(accessed 24 mei 2026 07:59:15 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1105.