
Collection Online as of June 30, 2022
Steel, chiseled
Overall: 14 x 7.3 cm (5 1/2 x 2 7/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.41
210C Firearms
This steel gunlock is its own work of art, chiseled with designs of grotesques, masks, and foliage.
The snaphance is a type of lock used for firing a gun. It is a predecessor of the flintlock mechanism.