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Apr 24, 2020
Wheel-Lock from a Hunting Rifle
Wheel-Lock from a Hunting Rifle
c. 1660–1720
Steel, inlaid with gold design of Habsburg eagle, pierced and chiseled
Support: Steel inlaid with gold, Hapsburg double eagle
Overall: 30.7 x 17.2 cm (12 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Weight: 1.44 kg (3.17 lbs.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1546
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Invented in the early 1500s, the wheel-lock was a new type of ignition system, the first to be self igniting.
Description
Originally part of a deluxe weapon, the lock plate's entire surface is inlaid with an exquisite floral pattern in gold. Carefully chiseled, the fanciful hammer takes the form of an animal head crowned by a mass of foliage. The double eagle on the wheel plate suggests the weapon was made for a member of the Habsburg family.
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