12 bore cartridges - selection

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Name/Title

12 bore cartridges - selection

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.496

Description

A selection of 12 bore cartridges, brass topped, lacquered paper and cardboard cylinders.

Context

The collection contains 4 x Page and Wood; 4 x Eley Kynoch, 1 x Holland 20-20 Smokeless Special; 1 x A.E.C. (Pest Control); 1 x Jason Boot Guns Ltd., of Princes Risborough, special smokeless on bottom of case; and 1 x Saint-Etienne (mottled paper).

Category

Guns equipment

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Average weight 17g (full) 5 g (empty); average circumference 7 mm; average length 6 mm

Material

Brass, Paper, Cardboard