Pair of Miquelet Pistols

dated 1687

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 375

This uniquely Catalan style of pistol is associated with the town of Ripoll, where there was a thriving gunmaking industry from the seventeenth century until the 1830s.

Artwork Details

Title: Pair of Miquelet Pistols
Date: dated 1687
Geography: Catalonia
Culture: Spanish, Catalonia
Medium: Steel, wood, brass
Dimensions: L. of each 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm); L. of each barrel 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm); Cal. of each .55 in. (14.0 mm); Wt. of each 1 lb. 11 oz. (765 g)
Classification: Firearms-Pistols
Credit Line: Gift of Charles M. Schott Jr., 1917
Object Number: 19.53.24, .25
Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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