The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Wheellock Pistol

Wheellock Pistol

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Wheellock Pistol

Date:: ca. 1580–90
Culture:: German, Nuremberg
Medium:: Steel; wood, inlaid with engraved staghorn
Classification:: Firearms
Credit Line:: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913
Accession Number:: 14.25.1411

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