Flintlock Blunderbuss

[William Ockelford Oldman, London, before 1935; sold to Stone]; George Cameron Stone, New York (by 1934–d. November 18, 1935; his bequest to MMA).

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Costumes of Royal India," December 20, 1985–August 31, 1986.

Christie, James, and Christie's, London. A catalogue of a most valuable and curious assemblage of sabres and weapons of the late Tippoo sultan which belonged to Col. James Brunton ... Oriental curiosities ... a collection of ornithology .... London, 1812. Sale included some of the arms of Tippoo Sahib.

Tufnell, R. H. C. Catalogue of Mysore Coins. Madras, 1889. pp. 8–9.

Holmes, Richard R. Naval and military trophies and personal relics of British heroes; a series of watercolor drawings. London, 1896–1897. pl. 30 (similar gun owned by Tippoo Sahib).

Christie's, London. Decorative Furniture and Porcelain. London: Christie's, London, April 23, 1914. lot 51.

Stone, George Cameron. A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times, Together with Some Closely Related Subjects. Portland, ME: Southworth Press, 1934. p. 154, fig. 196.

Grancsay, Stephen V. "The George C. Stone Bequest: Indian and Persian Arms and Armor." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, (July 1937), p. 171.

Wigington, Robin J. British India - Exhibition at Arbour Antiques Ltd.. Stratford-Upon-Avon: Arbour Antiques, Ltd., 1978. pl. 4 (similar guns of this type illustrated).

Grancsay, Stephen V., and Stuart W. Pyhrr. Arms & Armor: Essays by Stephen V. Grancsay from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 1920–1964. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986. p. 183.

Tigers Round the Throne: The Court of Tipu Sultan (1750-1799). London: Zamana Gallery, 1990. p. 57.

Wigington, Robin. The firearms of Tipu Sultan, 1783-1799: A Survery and Record. Hatfield, UK, 1992. p. 91, pl. 16 (this blunderbuss described and illustrated).

Alexander, David, Stuart W. Pyhrr, and Will Kwiatkowski. Islamic Arms and Armor in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015. pp. 290–93, no. 122, ill.

Reddy, Ravinder. Arms & Armour of India, Nepal & Sri Lanka: Types, Decoration and Symbolism. London: Hali Publications Limited, 2018. p. 143, ill.