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Wheel-Lock Rifle

Wheel-Lock Rifle

1618
Overall: 77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.); Butt: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); Barrel: 49.8 cm (19 5/8 in.); Bore: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Location: 210B Firearms

Did You Know?

The artisan who made this rifle used brass, bone, horn, and ivory to create decorative elements like animals involved in the hunt, fruits, and other details. If you look beneath the gun, you will see a goose or duck and a vase of flowers near the trigger.

Description

Made originally as a petronel pistol, this firearm seems to have been refitted with a new stock sometime during the 17th century to convert it into a rifle, most likely for a child's use.
  • 1919
    [Sale: American Art Association, New York, Theodore Offerman Sale (February 7-8, 1919), lot 374]
    1919-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • American Art Association. Ancient Arms and Weapons and Accoutrements. 1919. lot 374
    Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 147, F10; Reproduced: Plate XXXV, F10 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. 2d ed., 1948. Reproduction: p. 42 archive.org
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. pp. 142 & 174; cat. no. 227
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. cat. no. 227, p. 194
  • Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
  • {{cite web|title=Wheel-Lock Rifle|url=false|author=|year=1618|access-date=24 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1919.65