Works of Art (13)
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Cavalry armor, 18th–19th century,
Tibetan, and possibly Bhutanese and Nepalese,
Iron, gold, copper alloy, wood, leather, and textile (36.25.25, .28, .351, .476, .583a–c,h–k, .842a–c, .2174, .2461, .2505, .2557, 1974.160.10 ,1970.164.7a,b) |
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Colt Third Model Dragoon Percussion Revolver, ca. 1853,
Made by Samuel Colt (inventor and manufacturer); Decorated by Gustave Young (engraver),
American (Hartford, Conn.),
Steel, brass, gold, walnut (1995.336) |
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Double-Barrel Percussion Shotgun, 1866, Made by J.C.A. Brun; Designed by Fannières Brothers; Engraved by Tissot, French; Paris, Steel, walnut, gold (1993.415) |
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Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol of Emperor Charles V, ca. 1540–45, Made by Peter Peck, German (Munich), Steel, etched and gilded; wood, inlaid with engraved staghorn (14.25.1425) |
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Flintlock Gun, ca. 1620, Made by Pierre Le Bourgeois (died 1627), French (Lisieux), Steel, chiseled, blued, and gilded; wood, inlaid with silver, brass, and engraved mother-of-pearl; brass-gilt (1972.223) |
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Flintlock gun, dated 1735,
Louis Jaley (steel chiseler; French); Nicolas Carteron (barrelsmith; French); Joseph Blachon (stockmaker; French),
France (Saint-Étienne),
Steel, gold, silver, wood (1987.274) |
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Matchlock musket, 19th century,
Tibetan,
Iron, wood, leather, brass, and copper (36.25.2174) |
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Pair of flintlock pistols of Empress Catherine the Great, 1786, Johan Adolph Grecke (Russian), Russian (Saint Petersburg), Steel, ivory, gold, and brass (1986.265.1–2) |
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Pair of flintlock pistols, 1800–1801, Samuel Brunn (English); Michael Barnett (English), Steel, wood, silver, gold (1992.330.1-.2) |
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Pair of snaphaunce pistols, ca. 1690,
Matteo Cecchi, called Acquafresca (Italian),
Italy (Bargi),
Steel, silver, ebony (2006.471.1,2) |
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Snaphuance hunting rifle, dated 1722, Jonas Schertiger the Younger (Swedish), Swedish (Stockholm), Steel, walnut, brass, and horn (1997.356) |
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Tobacco Pipe, 19th–20th century, Democratic Republic of Congo; Chokwe (?), Wood, brass, leather (1977.462.1) |
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Wheel-lock Rifle, ca. 1680–90, Johann Michael Maucher (German), German (Schwäbisch Gmünd), Engraved steel; wood, inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl (42.50.8) |
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Thematic Essays (14)
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