Skip to main contentPepperbox | McCord Museum Online Collections | McCord Museum - Montreal Social History Museum
Pepperbox
Manufacturer
Allen & Thurber
Trademark
Allen
Inscriptionscanon : ALLEN & THURBER WORCESTER; chien : ALLENS PATENT
Marks or LabelsCanon : ALLEN & THURBER WORCESTER; chien : ALLEN'S PATENT
Date
1847-1865
Medium / Technique
Metal: steel, iron; wood: walnut
DimensionsHeight: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Barrel: 7.6 cm (3 in.)
Width: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.)
Length: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.)
Weight: 0.7 kg (1.5 lb.)
Origin
Worcester, New England, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Object Number1992.1.119
CollectionStewart
CreditGift of Gordon T. Howard
Status
Not on viewInformation about the objects in our collection is updated to reflect new research findings. If you have any information to share regarding this object, please email reference.mccord@mccord-stewart.ca.Information about rights and reproductions is available here.
This project is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Azrieli Foundation and Canadian Heritage.