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Collection Online as of December 24, 2025

Ball-Butted Miquelet-Lock Pistol

c. 1850

Causasus, Daghestan, 19th century

steel, silver, gold inlay, leather, ivory ball butt
Overall: 44.4 cm (17 1/2 in.); Barrel: 31.2 cm (12 5/16 in.); Bore: 1.4 cm (9/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1918.70
Location: Not on view
  • 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: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 145, F7; Reproduced: Plate XXXIV, F7 archive.org
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