Design for the Decoration of Two Firearms Accessories, a Ladle and a Screwdriver

Eusebio Zuloaga

ca. 1850–51 · Pen, ink, and colored wash on paper · Arms and Armor

This sheet and two others in the collection (acc. nos. 2015.100 and 2015.101) are rare examples of finished design drawings for the decoration of firearms and edged weapons created in the workshop of Eusebio Zuloaga, gunmaker to the Spanish monarchs, keeper of the Royal Armory in Madrid, and the most famous Spanish metalworker of the mid-nineteenth century. This sheet shows a ladle, screwdriver, and the handle of another implement, which would have been part of the cleaning and loading accessories supplied with an elaborate cased set of pistols made in the Zuloaga workshops in Madrid or Eibar.

Artist

Eusebio Zuloaga

Date

ca. 1850–51

Medium

Pen, ink, and colored wash on paper

Culture

Spanish

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Bequest, 2015