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Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle

Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle

c. 1650
steel; pierced and chiseled mounts, walnut stock
Overall: 122.7 cm (48 5/16 in.); Butt: 12.7 cm (5 in.); Barrel: 90.8 cm (35 3/4 in.); Bore: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1919.64
Location: 210A Armor Court
  • Offerman Sale; (February 1919); cat. #367.
  • 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. 146, F9; Reproduced: Plate XXXV, F9 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor. 2d ed., 1948. Reproduction: p.42 archive.org
  • Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"
  • {{cite web|title=Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle|url=false|author=|year=c. 1650|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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