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"tombstone": "Wheel-Lock from a Hunting Rifle, c. 1720\u201340. Germany, Munich, 18th century. Steel, engraved; overall: 29.2 x 11.7 cm (11 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.40",
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"title": "Wheel-Lock from a Hunting Rifle",
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"measurements": "Overall: 29.2 x 11.7 cm (11 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.)",
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"inscription": "on lock: IOAN GEORG DAX IN MUNCHEN; engraver's signature: I.C. Stenglin Sr.",
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"title": "European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan)",
"description": "European Arms and Armor from the Cleveland Museum of Art (Long-term Loan). Birmingham Museum of Art (organizer) (July 1, 1993-July 1, 1995).",
"opening_date": "1993-07-01T04:00:00"
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"title": "Armor Court Reinstallation",
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"description": "Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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"description": "At the beginning of the 1500s a new type of ignition system was invented: the wheel-lock, the first self-igniting mechanism for guns. This type of ignition involved a piece of iron pyrites held in the jaws of a cock. When the trigger was pulled the pyrites pressed against the serrated edge of a prewound revolving wheel, creating a shower of sparks that ignited priming powder in a pan on top of the lock. This action sent a flash of flame through the vent hole to explode the main charge in the breech of the barrel. Originally part of a deluxe hunting rifle, the lock plate's entire surface is engraved in a chaotic scene. Combating cavaliers, Turks, acanthus leaves, and trophies cover every bit of space.",
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"citation": "Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 4, 17th to 19th century and a few pieces of iron work. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].",
"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (243) 267",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour4/page/n439"
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"citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
"page_number": "Mention: p. 168, F81",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n242"
},
{
"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.",
"page_number": "p. 174, cat. no. 231",
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"citation": "Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.",
"page_number": "p. 194, cat. no. 235",
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