Wheel-Lock from a Hunting Rifle
c. 1660–1720
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Wheel-Lock from a Hunting Rifle, c. 1660–1720. Austria, late 17th-early 18th Century. Steel, inlaid with gold design of Habsburg eagle, pierced and chiseled; overall: 30.7 x 17.2 cm (12 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1546 Invented in the early 1500s, the wheel-lock was a new type of ignition system, the first to be self igniting.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Formatted Medium
- steel, inlaid with gold design of Habsburg eagle, pierced and chiseled
- Dimensions
- Overall: 30.7 x 17.2 cm (12 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1916.1546
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
- Exhibitions
- Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs, Armor Court Reinstallation
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 210B Firearms
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