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Wheel-lock pistol

Wheel-lock pistol, one of a pair with A1153. The slender barrel is octagonal at the breech, and the muzzle terminates by a turned moulding. The surface formerly blued; decorated at breech, muzzle and at the junction of the octagonal and rounded sections with floral arabesques engraved and gilt. At the breech are stamped the Nuremberg mark and that of the maker.

Lock. External wheel, with ring-shaped bearing-plate. Lock-plate formerly blued, engraved with a running hound and a border of ribbon ornament, gilt, and stamped with the Nuremberg guild mark, a maker's mark, H.R. and a sun. The end of the sear is prolonged to project through a slot in a small steel plate on the left side of the stock, ...

early 17th century
Steel, gold, ebony, antler, mother-of-pearl, ivory and wood, blued, engraved, gilded and stained
A1152
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