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Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle

mid-1600s
(Austrian, 1669)
Austria, Ferlach, mid 17th Century
steel, varnished wood (walnut) stock decorated with inlaid silver wire and appliqués
Overall: 110.2 cm (43 3/8 in.); Butt: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Barrel: 83.2 cm (32 3/4 in.); Bore: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Weight: 3.68 kg (8.11 lbs.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Schilling 1959.127
Location: 210A Armor Court
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A similar rifle made for another member of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Graf Sigmund von Dietrichstein, is preserved in Vienna.

Description

The barrel of this hunting piece is marked with the letters "GS" within a shield, the likely initials of the owner, who was probably a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece as indicated by the escutcheon on the stock.

Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle

mid-1600s

Hans Schmidt

(Austrian, 1669)
Austria, Ferlach, mid 17th Century

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