The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Six-Barreled Pepperbox Disk Primer Pistol with Case and Accessories

Joseph Rock Cooper

ca. 1840–1850

Attribution

Joseph Rock Cooper British, Birmingham 1814–1882 Warwickshire

Medium

pistol: steel, silver, wood (walnut); case: wood (mahogany), brass, textile; powder flask: copper, gold, brass, steel; ram rod: brass, steel; bullet mold: steel; cylinder container: tin (?), lacquer

Physical dimensions

Pistol (a); L. 8 in. (20.3 cm); L. of barrel 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Cal. .35 in. (8.9 mm); Wt. 1 lb. 7 oz. (652 g); powder flask (b); H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Wt. 3.4 oz. (96.4 g); ramrod (c); L. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Wt. 2.2 oz. (62.4 g); bullet mould (d); L. 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm); Wt. 1.4 oz. (39.7 g); cylinder with contents (e); H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Diam. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Wt. 2.8 oz. (79.4 g); case (f); H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); W. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm); D. 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 2.4 oz. (521.6 g)

Credit line

Gift of Charles M. Schott Jr., 1917