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| Title: | Wheellock Rifle |
| Date: | c. 1700 |
| Artist: | Georg Zöffel (German (active Wiesenthal), c. 1695–c. 1730) |
| Medium: | Carved walnut partially overlaid with chased brass (Stock); chiseled and partially blackened steel (Lock); chiseled and partially blackened steel; steel and brass (Barrel); engraved and chased brass (Mounts) |
| Dimensions: | 7 5/16 × 3 1/16 × 42 5/8 inches, 8.5 lb. (18.5 × 7.8 × 108.3 cm, 3842.2g) Caliber: 16 millimeters (1/16 inches) Width (lockplate to counter plate): 2 3/16 inches (5.6 cm) Length (of barrel): 31 1/2 inches (80 cm) Weight (of barrel): 4 lb. (1835g) Length (barrel): 31 7/16 inches (79.9 cm) |
| Classification: | Arms and Armor |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977 |
| Accession Number: | 1977-167-827 |
| Geography: | Made in Wiesenthal, Germany, Europe |
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