Pepper-box revolver from Småland, Sweden, made by Johan Engholm, Ödestugu (1820-1918)
Anders Johan Engholm (1 September 1820 – 25 October 1918) was a gunsmith from the county of Småland, Sweden.[1][2][3]
Born in 1820 in Ånaryd, Ödestugu, Sweden, Johan Engholm began making weapons some time in the 1840s, particularly 1,2,3,4,6,7 and 8 barreled pepper-boxes and some revolvers. His signatures were J ENGh and IEH. He died in 1918 in Hestra, Ödestugu, Sweden. In collectors' circles, Johan Engholm's weapons, together with some other smiths' weapons from the same time and place, are called Smålänningar in Swedish.
Several descendants of Johan Engholm emigrated to the US (mainly Illinois) in the beginning of the 20th century.
References
^Matthews, Rupert (2014-10-01). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Small Arms. Simon and Schuster. ISBN9781626862722. Johan Engholm Gun. This pepperbox was made by Swedish gunsmith Johan Engholm in the middle of the nineteenth century. Engholm began making guns in the 1840s and continued to do so into the twentieth century.
^"B013_Smith.pdf"(PDF). American Society of Arms Collectors. 2013. p. 8 and 9. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2017-12-08.
^"The Antique Arms Gazette"(PDF). 1 (10). Delta, British Columbia: Old Guns Canada. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2018-07-31. I also found an extremely rare, all-brass four-barrel pepperbox by Swedish gun maker Johan Engholm.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
