Miquelet Pistol
Unknown
ca. 1850–75; lock, dated 1145 A.H. / 1732 CE · Steel, nephrite, gold, emeralds, garnets, gold · Arms and Armor
This extravagantly decorated pistol incorporates a fine pattern-welded barrel, dated 1732, with nineteenth-century mounts and was presumably created for ceremonial purposes.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1850–75; lock, dated 1145 A.H. / 1732 CE
- Medium
- Steel, nephrite, gold, emeralds, garnets, gold
- Culture
- Turkish
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of Giulia P. Morosini, in memory of her father, Giovanni P. Morosini, 1923
