Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle
c. 1650
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle, c. 1650. Italy, Sardinia, 17th century. 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1919.64
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- steel; pierced and chiseled mounts, walnut stock
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Inscribed: (on Barrel): A PATIS AND PEVRVV ET FILS [partially indecipherable]
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1919.64
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
- Exhibitions
- Armor Court Reinstallation, The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 210A Armor Court
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