Flintlock Gun
Though unsigned, this beautifully crafted hunting gun appears to have been made by a German craftsman copying designs from firearms pattern books published in Paris in the early to mid-eighteenth century.
Artwork Details
- Title: Flintlock Gun
- Designer: Decoration follows closely designs of the engraver De Lacollombe (French, Paris, active ca. 1702–ca. 1736)
- Date: ca. 1730–40
- Culture: German
- Medium: Steel, silver, wood (walnut)
- Dimensions: L. 56 3/8 in. (143.2 cm); L. of barrel 41 1/16 in. (104.3 cm); L. of lockplate 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm), Cal. .62 in. (15.8 mm); Wt. 6 lb. 10 oz. (3005 g)
- Classification: Firearms
- Credit Line: Purchase, Bashford Dean Bequest, James Elwood Jones Jr. Gift, and Rogers and Fletcher Funds, 1974
- Object Number: 1974.4
- Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor
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