Flintlock Pistol
The barrel is round, with a narrow sighting facet along the top and a silver fore sight at the muzzle; on each side of the breech is a flat facet. The breech is decorated with the figure of a standing Roman warrior amid trophies, shells, and scrolls, all chiseled in relief against a matted gold background.
The flintlock of conventional French type is chiseled with trophies, scrolls, and foliation against a partly gilt background. The walnut stock is profusely decorated with carved foliation and rococo scrolls; the tips of the forestock and of the ramrod are of bone.
The trigger guard and mounts are of cast silver, chiseled with classical figured motifs in rococo frames against a gilt background. On the rear branch of the trigger guard are scratched four letters; VKBI (probably an owner's initials). This pistol exhibits many of the same qualities as a flintlock gun also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 10.99), and, though unmarked, is also tentatively attributed to a Carlsbad workshop.
The flintlock of conventional French type is chiseled with trophies, scrolls, and foliation against a partly gilt background. The walnut stock is profusely decorated with carved foliation and rococo scrolls; the tips of the forestock and of the ramrod are of bone.
The trigger guard and mounts are of cast silver, chiseled with classical figured motifs in rococo frames against a gilt background. On the rear branch of the trigger guard are scratched four letters; VKBI (probably an owner's initials). This pistol exhibits many of the same qualities as a flintlock gun also in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 10.99), and, though unmarked, is also tentatively attributed to a Carlsbad workshop.
Artwork Details
- Title: Flintlock Pistol
- Date: 1760–70
- Geography: Karlovy Vary
- Culture: Bohemian, Carlsbad (now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic)
- Medium: Steel, wood (walnut), silver, gold, horn
- Dimensions: L. 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm); L. of barrel 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); Cal. .50 in. (12.7 mm); Wt. 1 lb. 10.5 oz. (751.3 g)
- Classification: Firearms-Pistols-Flintlock
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1916
- Object Number: 16.85
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor
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Caspar Neireiter
ca. 1670–80
Multiple artists/makers
dated 1735
Gabriel de Algora
ca. 1735–40
Johann Andreas Kuchenreuter
ca. 1760–70
François-Alexander Chasteau
1752–53
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