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Queen Anne pistols are a type of breech-loading flintlock pistol known as a turn-off pistol, in which the chamber is filled from the front and accessed by unscrewing the barrel. Another distinguishing feature of the design is that the lock-plate and the breech section (chamber) of the firearm are forged as a single piece.
Anne (centre) and her sister Mary (left) with their parents, the Duke and Duchess of York, painted by Peter Lely and Benedetto Gennari II. Anne was born at 11:39 p.m. on 6 February 1665 at St James's Palace, London, the fourth child and second daughter of the Duke of York (later King James II and VII), and his first wife, Anne Hyde. [1]
The Piper to the Sovereign acts as a human alarm clock for the British monarch.
A Queen Anne carved and figured mahogany tall case clock, made by Peter Stretch in Philadelphia circa 1740, was bought at auction by Winterthur Museum and Country Estate on October 28, 2004, for the highest price ever paid for an American clock: $1.7 million.
The Queen Anne was clearly a transitional style, creating a bridge between the exuberant Victorian and the. By Bud Dietrich At the end of the 19th century and early into the 20th, a popular home ...
New Albany's Mansion Row features a plethora of homes, including this Queen Anne Victorian with a brick-red, mustard yellow, and forest green exterior
A Queen Anne carved and figured mahogany tall case clock, by Peter Stretch in Philadelphia, built around 1740, was bought at auction by Winterthur Museum and Country Estate on October 28, 2004, for $1.7 million, the highest price ever paid for an American clock.
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