id:			96768
accession number:	1916.49
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.49
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:15.686000

Flintlock Pistol, 1788. Italy, Brescia, 18th century. Steel, walnut and bone stock; overall: 48.3 cm (19 in.); barrel: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.); bore: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.49

title:				Flintlock Pistol
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series:				
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creation date:			1788
creation date earliest:		1788
creation date latest:		1788
current location:		210C Firearms
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Italy, Brescia, 18th century
technique:	steel, walnut and bone stock
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 48.3 cm (19 in.); Barrel: 31.5 cm (12 3/8 in.); Bore: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	on lock: Carlo Lerme Bc.
on barrel: Lazaro 1788
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (09/10/1998); "Armor Court Reinstallation"

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PROVENANCE

	Thill Collection; Frank Gair Macomber; Boston; cat.# 260.
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fun fact:
With its embellished steel and inlaid bone handle, this fine pistol was a gentlemen's weapon. This is the type of gun gentlemen used in duels, counting out ten paces then turning and firing their pistols.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 4, <em>17th to 19th century and a few pieces of iron work</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (260) 287
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour4/page/n513

	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 151-152, F22
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n223

	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	p. 173, cat. no. 215
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	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	p. 193, cat. no. 220
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