Wheellock Carbine

Unknown

ca. 1610–15 · Steel, wood (beech), brass, gold, pigment, staghorn · Arms and Armor

Painted decoration on gunstocks was not a common form of firearms decoration. Very few examples survive today, and this is possibly the finest. The size of this gun suggests it may have been made for Louis XIII when he was a young boy. It is from the French Royal Arms Collection, inventory number 52.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1610–15

Medium

Steel, wood (beech), brass, gold, pigment, staghorn

Culture

French

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913