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Wheellock pistol

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Wheellock pistol

Date:: ca. 1560–70
Culture:: German, Augsburg
Medium:: Steel, etched and gilt; gilt copper, wood, horn
Dimensions:: Caliber, .49 in. (12.45 mm) Weight, 4 lb. 4 oz. (1928 g) Length, 20 3/8 in. (51.74 cm) Length of barrel, 13 7/16 in. (34.11 cm)
Classification:: Firearms
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1904
Accession Number:: 04.3.189

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 375

Description

The sheathing of the stock in plaques of gilt copper with raised strapwork ornament is highly unusal but recalls clock cases, powder flasks, and other decorative metal objects made in Augsburg.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: Stamped on the barrel with the Augsburg fir cone mark, and a second mark consisting of a shield with a bird.
Provenance

Ex. coll.: Duc de Dino (K 1).
See also
What
Metal (59,364)

Etching (24,892)

Arms (9,344)

Gilt (9,043)

Iron and iron alloy (6,952)

Copper (6,255)

Iron alloy (3,389)

Steel (3,119)

Firearms (1,112)

Horn (423)

Small arms (378)

Handguns (326)

Pistols (326)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Germany (15,865)

Bavaria (988)

Augsburg (403)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,545)
In the Museum
Arms and Armor (13,084)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.

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