法国国王路易十三世的燧发枪

Gunsmith Pierre Le Bourgeois French
Gunsmith Marin Le Bourgeois French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 375

这是最早配备燧发装置的枪之一,这种击发装置在此后两百年内主导着火器制造工艺。这柄枪是法国利雪的皮埃尔和马汉·勒·布尔热瓦兄弟为路易十三所造,传统上认为正是他们发明了燧发枪。枪上除有加冠的国王花押,还饰有精致的金属丝和镶嵌珍珠母,搭配以雕刻精美的木枪托以及黄铜鎏金装置。路易十三嗜好收集枪支,他自己也是位业余枪械匠。这柄枪上镌刻着库存号码134,表明它曾属于皇家收藏,也就是路易十三的“武器房”。

Flintlock Gun of Louis XIII (1601–1643), King of France, Pierre Le Bourgeois (French, Lisieux, died 1627), Steel, brass, silver, gold, wood (walnut), mother-of-pearl, French, Lisieux

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