One of a Pair of Wheellock Pistols
Unknown
Barrel dated 1588; locks ca. 1670–80 · Wood (cherry), steel, staghorn · Arms and Armor
This stock of this wheellock pistol is decorated with engraved staghorn inlay. The barrel is dated 1588 but the lock is a later replacement made ca. 1670-80. It was probably intended for a wheellock sporting rifle, not a pistol.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- Barrel dated 1588; locks ca. 1670–80
- Medium
- Wood (cherry), steel, staghorn
- Culture
- German, Saxony
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
