Muzzle Collection

Musket & Rifles 1800
Muzzle loading musket and rifles A. Brown Bess & bayonet B. Brunswick rifle C. Enfield rifle & bayonet

Dancing Bears - Constantinople, Turkey
Two attendants/musicians with their dancing bears, performing on their hind legs in Constantinople, Turkey

The Battle of Pacocha; Action between HMS Shah and Ameth
Engraving showing the battle between HMS Shah and Amethyst and the Peruvian Ironclad turret ship Huascar on the 29th May 1877

The Old Time Sportsman by A. K. Macdonald
A double page spread of vignettes showing an early 19th century gentleman indulging in some winter sport, shooting anything that moves with his muzzle loading gun. Date: 1930

Dancing bears in the High Street, Crickhowell, Mid Wales
Two dancing bears and their owners, and several interested spectators, in the High Street, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales

French Artillery - 13
A gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale turns his ecouvillon in the muzzle of his Gribeauval cannon, ramming home the charge as hard as he can

Obese middle-aged man attempting to mount a horse. A jockey holds the horse's muzzle outside a stables. Uncle Timothy

Fragments from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest 1066. Archers, a slinger hunting birds, hunter with dogs, man baiting a muzzled bear, etc. Fragmens de la Tapisserie de Bayeux

The water trough. Engraving after a painting by Koch. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, December 30, 1882

Ancient Etruscan wedding ceremony. The bride and groom hold each others hands in front of doors which are only opened after the ceremony has ended

Chinese artillery, QIng Dynasty
Chinese artillery: cannon with narrow muzzle like a musket, Chinese style culverine and large-bore cannon on wheels

Rifle, Bolt Action, Lee Enfield, . 303 In No 5 Mk I
Lee Enfield. 303 in No 5 Mk I bolt action rifle, 1944 (c); known as the Jungle Carbine; fitted with flash eliminator, sling swivels and a rubber cushion on the buttplate

Placing a bear in charge of the flock of sheep! Ax-les-Thermes - a commune in the Arige department in the Occitanie region of south-western France. Date: circa 1910s

Cartoon, Unmanageable, Europe and China
Political cartoon, Unmanageable, Europe and China discuss the Chinese dragon Date: 1891

History of Africa - 19th century- a red buffalo
History of Africa. 19th century.... I found myself in the presence of a red buffalo; I fired my shotgun and missed the shot. Chromolithography

The Dancing Bear
This painting shows a crowd of people watching a dancing bear, bound with a muzzle and chains, travelling along a cobbled street. Date: circa 1917

Nosegays, Watercress girl, Brewers Dray, Twopenny-Post
Nosegays, Watercress girl, Brewers Dray and Twopenny-Post Boy

Regency horse rider about to crash into a stage coach
Regency rider with cudgel on a dray horse about to crash into a stage coach. Coach driver and publican rolling beer barrels outside the Golden Lantern pub watch in horror. One Way to Stop Your Horse

Cartoon, Its your turn now, old man
Cartoon, small victim to bigger ditto - Its your turn now, old man! A dog wearing a muzzle speaks to a man in naval uniform, also wearing a muzzle

Medieval trained animals: bear doing a headstand, hare with tabor (top), juggler and tumbling monkey

A young girl taking a ride on her dog
A young girl, equipped with various weaponry, rides along on a dog, holding on tightly to the reigns.. Date: 1886

Advertisement, C G Bonehill, Birmingham
Advertisement, C G Bonehill, Belmont Row, Birmingham, Guns and Rifles. 1890s

Suffragette, Cat In Muzzle, the Vote. A Cat sits with a muzzle round its head, while caption reads, The Vote, I ve Had some! Date: circa 1912

Bonzo sells a pup by George Studdy
Bonzo sells a pup -- Bonzo and five Bonzolines sit in a basket, while one pup sits separately with a sold notice round his neck, ready to travel on the GWR to The Kennels, Lone Bridge, Dartmoor

German gunners preparing 25cm heavy trench mortar, WW1
German gunners in a gun emplacement, preparing a 25cm muzzle-loading heavy trench mortar for firing during the First World War

Tending a grave near Mametz Wood, August 1916. Lantern slide from a box of 80 lantern slides associated with the Western Front, 1916-1917. Lee Enfield rifles (SMLEs) stacked

Vendor with dog cart, Antwerp, Belgium. Date: 1889

Parthenon. Marshal looking towards the horseman who overtake
Greek Art. Parthenon. 5th century B.C. Marshal looking towards the horseman who overtakes him on the left. Detail. Horse. West Frieze I. It comes from the Acropolis in Athens. British Museum. London

Greek art. Magna Graecia. Bronze helmet, cuirass and shin guard. Muzzle and horse armor. Apulia Region (Southern Italy). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Four dogs reading newspapers on a Christmas card
Four pug dogs reading newspapers on a Christmas card, with a comic verse about muzzling. circa 1890s

Greyhound racing, Tijuana, Mexico
Greyhound racing at Tijuana, Mexico -- The Parade. Date: circa 1920s

Using socks to keep rifles in working order, WW1
A winters fighting expedient. A sock with the toe cut off and soaked in oil, used to cover the muzzle and keep a British soldiers rifle in good working order

Old man with two dogs and a cat in a garden. The dogs are wearing muzzles, though they don t appear to belong to a dangerous breed! Date: circa 1900s

Siberian Lemming muzzle adult nibbles grass by the entrance of the burrow (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Siberian Lemming muzzle adult at the entrance of a burrow. Front teeth are visible. (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Suffragette Dog with a Pipe and Spectacles. A large brown dog with spectacles and brass collar, smokes a pipe against the background of the Union Jack flag

Suffragette, Suffragist Muzzle. Addressed to Suffragist who wears a skirt and jacket embroidered with broad prison arrows and a muzzle round her mouth

Bronze statuette of a Horse - Greek 8th century BC. Date: circa 1930s

German 25cm heavy trench mortar in firing position, WW1
A German 25cm muzzle-loading heavy trench mortar, in service before and during the First World War. Seen here in firing position. Date: 1914-1918

Palliser cannon, Stack Rock, Milford Haven, West Wales
A Palliser cannon at Stack Rock Fort, on a small island off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, West Wales. Four men sit on the wall, relaxing

Pathan Tribesmen - North West Frontier Province

Bouvier & German Shep
A Bouvier de Flandres muzzle- to-muzzle with a German shepherd dog

Bulldog Cannon
The " Bulldog Cannon", found by the British Army in the Fort of Kurnaul, India, in 1838, but originally forged centuries earlier in China. The mouth is the guns muzzle

French Field Guns - 4
Loading a French 24 cannon is done via the muzzle : a ramrod pushes the shell in place

French Field Guns - 1
The French 24 cannon is muzzle-loading, and is made of bronze

French Artillery - 15
Loading a French muzzle- loading obusier from the Napoleonic era (1802/3) : a gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale feeds a ball into the barrel

French Artillery - 14
Charging a French muzzle- loading obusier from the Napoleonic era (1802/3) : a gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale passes a ball to his mate

French Artillery - 16
A gunner of the horse artillery of the French Garde Royale positions a ball in the barrel of a French muzzle-loading obusier from the Napoleonic era (1802/3)

French Artillery - 10
While enemy cavalry attack, a gunner of the foot artillery of the French Garde Royale uses his ramrod to ensure the charge is home in the barrel of his muzzle-loading gun

Dog at Crufts
A Dog Study - but not " This Weeks Studdy!" A small dog takes a few moments beauty sleep with his exhibition kit, after a tiring day at the Crufts show

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