Pair of Miquelet Pistols

Unknown

dated 1687 · Steel, wood, brass · Arms and Armor

This uniquely Catalan style of pistol is associated with the town of Ripoll, where there was a thriving gunmaking industry from the seventeenth century until the 1830s.

Artist

Unknown

Date

dated 1687

Medium

Steel, wood, brass

Culture

Spanish, Catalonia

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of Charles M. Schott Jr., 1917