This whaling gun from the 1880s is unmarked aside from the matching serial number "23" throughout and has an all brass construction and skeleton buttstock. Two lances are included. This design was patented by Ebenezer Pierce and Selmar Eggars and manufactured by Frank Brown, Pierce's nephew. Examples with Ebenezer Pierce's markings are also known. They are designed to fire lances for whaling using blank shells.

Very good with aged patina, moderate filing marks, and general moderate overall wear suggesting this whale gun saw period use. Mechanically fine. The lances are good. One has a fin that is glued, and the other has two absent fins. Overall, a very nice piece of whaling history.