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Collection Item: Holster

Basic info

Collection
Military History
Object name
Holster
Percussion pistol holster
Saddle holster
Object category
Equipment
Description
Pair of open topped brown polished leather pistol holsters. Probably post 1820. Each os a moulded leather bucket shapped to take a pistol muzzle down and leave enough space around the grip for removal. There is a leather strap with a single brass roller buckle around the throat of each. There may have been an alteration to the loops retaining the latter at some time.
Production date start
1800
Production date end
1870
Period
Victorian

More info

Identification

Object number
YORCM : CA1304.a-b
Number of objects
2
ID
30000015