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Wheellock rifle

Johann Michael Maucher (German, Schwäbisch Gmünd, 1645–1701)

Date:: ca. 1680–90
Culture:: German, Schwäbisch Gmünd
Medium:: Engraved steel; wood, inlaid with ivory and mother-of-pearl
Dimensions:: Caliber, .56 in. (14.22 mm) Weight, 7 lb. 11 oz. (3500 g) Length, 41 5/8 in. (105.71 cm) Barrel length, 30 13/16 in. (78.26 cm)
Classification:: Firearms
Credit Line:: Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942
Accession Number:: 42.50.8

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 375

Description

Johann Michael Maucher was the most famous member of a Schwabian family of ivory, wood, and amber carvers. He specialized in decorating gunstocks in intricately carved walnut inlaid with panels of ivory worked in relief depicting hunting subjects and allegorical figures. Firearms with such luxurious decoration presumably were valued more for their artistic virtuosity than for their practical use as sporting arms.
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Inscribed on the ivory plaque on the butt: Got mit uns (God with us).

Marking: Marked at the top of the butt: a monogram consisting of an M within another M.
Provenance

Ex. coll.: Prince Johann von und zu Liechtenstein, Vaduz; Clarence H. Mackay, Roslyn, Long Island, New York; Stephen V. Grancsay, New York.
See also
Who
Johann Michael Maucher (2)
What
Metal (59,587)

Engraving (17,599)

Arms (9,343)

Iron and iron alloy (6,971)

Bone (6,371)

Ivory (5,396)

Iron alloy (3,399)

Steel (3,129)

Firearms (1,109)

Pearl (922)

Artillery (297)

Rifles (46)
Where
Europe (150,013)

Germany (15,973)

Baden-Württemberg (128)

Schwäbisch Gmünd (2)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,646)
In the Museum
Arms and Armor (13,089)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ivory and Boxwood Carvings, 1450–1800

Arms and Armor in Renaissance Europe

Central Europe (including Germany), 1600–1800 A.D.

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