Pair of Wheellock Pistols

Decoration on the stocks copied in part from engravings by Etienne Delaune French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 375

These pistols are remarkable for the chiseled and gilt decoration of the barrels and locks, for the distinctive figural and floral inlay on the stocks, which is copied in part from ornament engravings by Etienne Delaune (1518/19–1583), and for the use of red paint to highlight the stock decoration. The survival of the matching priming flask also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 14.25.1523) is also exceptional for a pistol from this early date.

Pair of Wheellock Pistols, Decoration on the stocks copied in part from engravings by Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg), Steel, gold, silver, brass, wood (walnut), staghorn, pigment, French

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Pair of Wheellock Pistols, Decoration on the stocks copied in part from engravings by Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg), Steel, gold, silver, brass, wood (walnut), staghorn, pigment, French
Pair of Wheellock Pistols, Decoration on the stocks copied in part from engravings by Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg), Steel, gold, silver, brass, wood (walnut), staghorn, pigment, French
Pair of Wheellock Pistols, Decoration on the stocks copied in part from engravings by Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg), Steel, gold, silver, brass, wood (walnut), staghorn, pigment, French
Pair of Wheellock Pistols, Decoration on the stocks copied in part from engravings by Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg), Steel, gold, silver, brass, wood (walnut), staghorn, pigment, French
Pair of Wheellock Pistols, Decoration on the stocks copied in part from engravings by Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg), Steel, gold, silver, brass, wood (walnut), staghorn, pigment, French
Pair of Wheellock Pistols, Decoration on the stocks copied in part from engravings by Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg), Steel, gold, silver, brass, wood (walnut), staghorn, pigment, French
Pair of Wheellock Pistols, Decoration on the stocks copied in part from engravings by Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg), Steel, gold, silver, brass, wood (walnut), staghorn, pigment, French

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