The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 8, 2020

Snaphance Gunlock

c.1660-80

Italy, Brescia (?), 17th century

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

Location

210C Firearms

Description

The snaphance was the earliest form of the flintlock ignition mechanism.

Citations
Christie, Manson & Woods, London. Choice collection of works of art, mostly of the XVth, XVIth and XVIIth centuries. Mar 8-12, 1898. Lot 275. Mentioned: p. 36, lot 275 archive.org
Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 4, 17th to 19th century and a few pieces of iron work. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (244) 268 archive.org
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: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 168, F83 archive.org
Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. p. 175, cat. no. 232
Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. p. 194, cat. no. 236
Exhibition history

The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"

Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1916.41