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This uniquely Catalan style of pistol is associated with the town of Ripoll, where there was a thriving gunmaking industry from the seventeenth century until the 1830s.
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Title: Pair of Miquelet Pistols
Date: dated 1687
Geography: Catalonia
Culture: Spanish, Catalonia
Medium: Steel, wood, brass
Dimensions:
L. of each 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm); L. of each barrel 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm); Cal. of each .55 in. (14.0 mm); Wt. of each 1 lb. 11 oz. (765 g)
Classification: Firearms-Pistols
Credit Line: Gift of Charles M. Schott Jr., 1917
Accession Number: 19.53.24, .25
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