Artist/Maker
Brown, Frank E.
Place MadeNew Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
Title
Pierce bomb lance
Mediummetal
Dimensions16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm)
Object number1985.9.2
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionBomb lance made for Pierce shoulder gun, having four wire fins flayed outward then attached to a long shaft capped by a four-sided pyramid shaped head. Body unscrews at head and tail so body tube can be filled with gunpowder.ProvenanceGift included Pierce Gun, see 1985.9.1.On View
On view
Brown, Frank E.
Brown, Frank E.
Pierce, Ebenezer
Cunningham, Patrick
