带倒锁的燧石手枪 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	带倒锁的燧石手枪
品名（英）	Flintlock Pistol with Inverted Lock
入馆年号	1919年，19.53.49
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者	Joseph Egg【1775 至 1837】【英国人（出生于法国）】
创作年份	公元 1788 - 公元 1835
创作地区	原产国: 英格兰, 伦敦（Country of Origin: England, London）
分类	火器手枪燧石（Firearms-Pistols-Flintlock）
尺寸	长 14 3/16 英寸 (36 厘米); 长 of barrel 8 5/16 英寸 (21.1 厘米); Cal. .65 英寸 (16.6 毫米); 重 2 磅 1.5 盎司 (949.7 g)
介绍（中）	十九世纪初，火器技术在欧洲迅速发展。伦敦的精英枪械制造商专注于优化准确性、操控性和速度，以满足英格兰体育绅士的期望，处于其发展的前沿。基于1780年代和1790年代的设计进步，特别是燧发枪点火机构的改进，他们在接下来的三十年中获得了数十项令人眼花缭乱的新技术专利，从改进的锁定机制到新颖的枪管制造技术，竞争保护和销售他们的发明。手工制作，精度非凡，这一时期的许多伦敦枪支除了设计优雅外，还表现出非凡的机械独创性。枪支领域的这种创造性推动可能是在英国工业革命的更广泛背景下构建的 - 这一时期的特点是美化技术进步和庆祝个人发明家和工程师。这种罕见的手枪以其倒置的燧发枪而著称。点火机构的重新定位象征着伦敦枪支制造商追求创新方法来改进传统枪支设计。约瑟夫·埃格（Joseph Egg）是十九世纪初活跃在伦敦的杰出枪支制造商之一，他在1813年为该配置申请了专利，可能从1750年代制造的一小群德国步枪中汲取灵感，这些步枪也具有倒置燧发枪。倒锁的优点包括枪管下方的更清晰的视线和向下定向的闪光灯，可以在射击时改善视力。最终，Egg的设计未能获得普及，这种类型的枪支很少被制造出来。今天，只有三个倒置燧发枪的例子，由埃格和亨利·塔瑟姆（Henry Tatham）在1801-14年间与埃格合作的枪支制造商。
介绍（英）	Firearms technology advanced at a rapid pace in Europe in the early nineteenth century. London’s elite gunmakers, focused on optimizing accuracy, handling, and speed to meet the expectations of England’s sporting gentry were at the forefront of its development. Building on design advancements made in the 1780s and 1790s, particularly the refinement of the flintlock ignition mechanism, they secured in the next three decades dozens of patents for a dizzying variety of new technologies ranging from improved lock mechanisms to novel barrel-making techniques, competing to protect and market their inventions. Handmade with remarkable precision, many London firearms of the period display extraordinary mechanical ingenuity, in addition to being elegantly designed. This creative push in the firearms field may be framed within the broader context of the Industrial Revolution in England—a period marked by the glorification of technological advancements and the celebration of individual inventors and engineers. This rare pistol is distinguished by its inverted flintlock. This repositioning of the ignition mechanism is emblematic of London gunmakers’ pursuit of inventive methods to improve upon traditional firearm design. Joseph Egg, one of the preeminent gunmakers active in London in the early nineteenth century, patented the configuration in 1813, likely drawing inspiration from a small group of German rifles made in the 1750s which also featured inverted flintlocks. Benefits of the inverted lock included a cleaner sightline down the barrel and a downward-directed flash that allowed for improved vision when firing. Ultimately, Egg’s design failed to gain popularity and few firearms of this type were made. Today, only three examples of inverted flintlocks by Egg and Henry Tatham, a gunmaker with whom Egg parterened from 1801–14, are known.