Matchlock Gun
Unknown
late 16th–early 17th century · Steel, wood · Arms and Armor
Matchlocks were fitted to the majority of military long guns in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries because they were easy and cheap to manufacture. This example is said to have come from the arsenal in Graz, Austria.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 16th–early 17th century
- Medium
- Steel, wood
- Culture
- German or Austrian
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
