Wheellock Spanner with Priming Flask and Screwdriver

Workshop of Daniel Sadeler German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 375

This combination tool was made to match an elaborate hunting rifle. It includes a flask with a spring-loaded nozzle to hold gunpowder, a spanner to wind the wheellock mechanism of a hunting rifle, and a screwdriver to tighten or loosen parts of a rifle as needed.

Wheellock Spanner with Priming Flask and Screwdriver, Workshop of Daniel Sadeler (German, Munich, recorded 1602–32), Steel, gold, German, Munich

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Wheellock Spanner with Priming Flask and Screwdriver, Workshop of Daniel Sadeler (German, Munich, recorded 1602–32), Steel, gold, German, Munich
Wheellock Spanner with Priming Flask and Screwdriver, Workshop of Daniel Sadeler (German, Munich, recorded 1602–32), Steel, gold, German, Munich
Wheellock Spanner with Priming Flask and Screwdriver, Workshop of Daniel Sadeler (German, Munich, recorded 1602–32), Steel, gold, German, Munich
Wheellock Spanner with Priming Flask and Screwdriver, Workshop of Daniel Sadeler (German, Munich, recorded 1602–32), Steel, gold, German, Munich

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