Wheellock Rifle of Ferdinand III of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia

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Wheellock Rifle of Ferdinand III of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia

c. 1631

Artist/maker unknown, Austrian Stock made by Master of the Animal-Head Scroll (Meister der Tierkopfranke) (German or Austrian, documented 1624 to c. 1650)

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Object Details

Titles:

Wheellock Rifle of Ferdinand III of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia

Date:

c. 1631

Artists:

Artist/maker unknown, Austrian Stock made by Master of the Animal-Head Scroll (Meister der Tierkopfranke) (German or Austrian, documented 1624 to c. 1650)

Medium:

Carved walnut inlaid with engraved silver (Stock); engraved and blued steel (Lock); engraved, blued, and partially silvered and gilded steel (Barrel); gilded steel (Mounts)

Dimensions:

8 1/8 × 2 11/16 × 40 1/2 inches, 5.6 lb. (20.7 × 6.8 × 102.9 cm, 2544g) Caliber: 12 millimeters (1/16 inches) Width (lockplate to counter plate): 1 5/8 inches (4.1 cm) Length (of barrel without tang): 31 3/8 inches (79.7 cm) Weight (of barrel): 3.1 lb. (1403g)

Classification:

Arms and Armor

Credit Line:

Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977

Accession Number:

1977-167-804

Geography:

Made in Austria, Europe

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