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Accession # |
1948.2.1.02 |
Item Name |
Firearm Gun Rifle |
Description |
(.01) Snider-Enfield Mark II military rifle. Walnut stock, brass trigger guard and butt plate, iron lock and barrel, steel breech block. On the left side of the stock is a plaque "Prize Rifle Presented to the Guelph Rifle Association by the Ontario Rifle Association, 1869". On breech "Snider Patent". On trigger guard "W. Cooper". On butt plate "W. Cooper". On lock plate "The London Small Arms Company Limited Old For Bow". (.02) Iron rod. |
Date |
1865-1869 CIRCA |
Provenance |
On the left side of stock is a plaque: "Prize Rifle presented to the Guelph Rifle Association by the Ontario Rifle Association 1869". The donor, Mrs. Norman Wallace, was Alice Higinbotham. Enfield converted with Snider patent breech loading system as a Mark II. "The Snider-Enfield" by Charles J. Purdon, "Historical Arms Series No. 2", 1963. "Handbook of Identification Marks on Canadian Arms" by r. Barrie Manarey. "The Standard Directory of Proof Marks" by Gerhard Wirnsberger, Jolex 1975. See Military file for appraiser's remarks. |
Person \ Organization |
Guelph Rifle Association Ontario Rifle Association |
Place |
Guelph |
Year Range from |
1865 |
Year Range to |
1869 |
Creator \ Maker |
Snider-Enfield |