The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of February 8, 2026

Snaphance Gunlock

1700s or early 1800s

Spain

steel, engraved and chased
Overall: 14.7 x 11.4 cm (5 13/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.42
Location: Not on view
  • Frank Gair Macomber, Boston (cat 245)
  • 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. Mention: p. 169-170, F87 archive.org
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. p. 175, cat. no. 233
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. p. 194, cat. no. 237
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