M.Garnett & Son. Cartridge.

M. Garnett.
Crampton Court
(Dame Street)
Dublin.

Pre- 1900 memorandum.

                               Sketch courtesy of The United Kingdom Cartridge Club.

 The "Suredeath" cartridge confirming the trading address as Crampton Court, Dame Street, Dublin.
 M.Garnett would have been one of the first companies in Dublin to have use of the telephone No.11.

              We are always interested in advertising material related to Irish shotgun cartridges

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Thomas Calderwood & Son. Dublin.

Thomas Calderwood & Son
14 North Earl Street
Dublin.

Calderwood trade card/label. 14 North Earl Street, Dublin.

Authors photography.

Pair of cased percussion captive ramrod travelling pistols.

German silver frames, side hammers. Birmingham Proofs.

Irish fitted oak case.

                                  The frames engraved Calderwood and barrels Dublin.
                              Steel octagonal barrels unfortunately showing signs of pitting

        Please refer to our "older posts" related to the Calderwood's dated: 1/12/2015 & 6/4/2016

           We are always interested in material related to the Calderwood family of gunmakers.

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Dublin Trades Directory 1895

1895 

Dublin 

Trades Directory

                        We are always interested in material related to the above companies.

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Clonmel Royal Mail Coach Prices.

The Royal Mail Coach.

Clonmel.

Coaching advertisement dated 1789.

The coaching companies were lucrative business for the gunmakers of Ireland where blunderbusses and pistols were carried for protection of both the Royal Mail and their passengers.

A later Percussion  Over & Under Turnabout "Vendor" Pistol by George Armstrong, Clonmel.

We are always interested in weapons produced by Clonmel gunmakers.

Our thanks to the owner for photography.

George Armstrong originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA.

Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.

Vol.11. No 1.

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County Sligo. Irish Registration Act 1843.

The Irish Registration Act of 1843

  Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.

Licence to Keep Arms.

                                        

                                          County Sligo

The following entries have been collected over a number years by myself, fellow collectors and dealers. In total over 1100 registrations from the 40 areas have been collated which is a very small sample of the 300.000 weapons the authorities had calculated were in circulation in private hands at this time.

The list below gives all those weapons found registered in County Sligo between 1843-1846.

Listed are the county prefix, licence number, description of weapon/s and where possible the maker/retailer.

Registration "S 6354"to rifle butt plate.



Sligo registered weapons.

S 721/722	Pair Flk Duelling Pistols	H.W.Mortimer
S 2060	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss.	Richards
S 5039	Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss	Ketland
S 5084	Perc' Pistol. Oct Barrel	Joseph Egg
S 6354	Perc' Rifle . Interchangable Barrels  31". 17 & 26 Bore.	W & J Rigby
S 7283/7284	Perc' Duelling Pistols. No 7455/56 for 1834.	W & J Rigby

Percussion rifle with interchangeable barrels of 17 & 26 bore.
by W & J Rigby. Serial No. 7585 for 1834.


We are always interested in weapons registered in County Sligo.

Our thanks to the owner for photography and permission to publish

Official House of Commons Returns 8th May 1846.

We are always interested in weapons registered in County Sligo.

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The Rigby's Duelling/Target Pistol Production.

The Rigby's 

 Duelling /Target 

Pistol Production.

1818-1865.

For the data included within this blog we are indebted to the work of D.H.L. Back. Great Irish Gunmakers,Messrs Rigby 1760-1869. Norwich 1992. 

Unfortunately, full records prior to 1821 do not exist and therefore this information is lost in the mist of time but hopefully in the future more knowledge will be gained for the period 1781-1818 when John Rigby Snr could be regarded as the father of the guntrade in Dublin...if not the whole of Ireland.

What is evident from the official registers covering the 1818-1865 period is just how few of this style of pistol were produced by the Rigby's. i.e., (93) Pairs and (2) single pistols. (+2 estimated).

1818-1865

The following are a sample of serial numbered and dated pistols produced by the Rigby's for the above period:-

                                             

                                                         

Serial No 6315/6316 for 1828.

                                                                 36 bore. 9" Barrels.

 Serial No. 6558/6559 for 1829

32 Bore. 8.3/4" Barrels.

Serial No. 7455/7456 for 1834

Serial No.7818/7819 for 1835

36 Bore. 9" Barrels.

                                                     Serial No 9780/9781 for 1847.
  
We would be pleased to know of any other serial numbered Rigby Duelling/Target pistols to include within this survey. Confidentiality assured.

                                    N.B: A future blog will cover the period 1781-1818.

   Special thanks to the owners of the above pistols for photography and the permission to publish.

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Andrew Richardson. Kilkenny.

Andrew Richardson

Gunsmith

Kilkenny

                              Back Action Lock Percussion Overcoat Pistols by Richardson. 

                                       

1839 & 1846 Pigot Trades Directory entries. Richardson, Andrew

Kilkenny

1839/1846

Patrick Street.

Andrew Richardson* was listed originally by M.S. Dudley Westropp and appears in his handwritten list that resides in the National Library of Ireland annex in Kildare Street, Dublin. However, the page covering the 1846 Pigot's Directory has been omitted from the well known J.A.A.S 1957 list? This possibly occurring due to the difficulty in reading the small ink text?

William Richardson, gunmaker,  is also listed in Patrick Street, Kilkenny circa 1824. The connection between them i.e., father and son or brothers has yet to be established.

  

A pair of Overcoat pistols by Andrew Richardson registered in Kilkenny Borough.

KB 419 & KB 420

 William Richardson (Kilkenny) originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA. 

Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.

Vol.11. No 1.

Refer to above note regarding Andrew Richardson*

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