id:			96786
accession number:	1916.50
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.50
updated:		2023-03-03 07:01:15.795000

Pair of Flintlock Pistols, early 1700s. Franco-Flemish, Liège, early 18th century. Steel with gold inlay, gilt-brass mounts; walnut burl stock; chiseled high-relief decoration; overall: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.); barrel: 32.1 cm (12 5/8 in.); bore: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.50

title:				Pair of Flintlock Pistols
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creation date:			early 1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1725
current location:		210C Firearms
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Franco-Flemish, Liège, early 18th century
technique:	steel with gold inlay, gilt-brass mounts; walnut burl stock; chiseled high-relief decoration
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.); Barrel: 32.1 cm (12 5/8 in.); Bore: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	G. MASSIN
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941), Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916-
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fun fact:
The flintlock ignition system was developed in the 1600s and remained the dominant system until the early 1800s.

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wall description:
Works of exquisite craftsmanship, this pair of pistols, on view in the museum’s armor court, feature an array of decorative elements, including carved walnut, gold inlay, and chiseled, engraved, and gilded figural designs. The barrel is signed G. MASSIN, the name of a gunsmith working in eastern France or French-speaking Flanders, possibly the city of Liège.
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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. (261) 288
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CatArmsArmour4/page/n519

	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. 149, F16; Reproduced: Plate XXXIV, F16
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n221

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. <em>Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor</em>. 2d ed., 1948.
	page number: 	Reproduction: p. 41
	url:		https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n47

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 173, cat. no. 216
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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: 	Mentioned: P. 193, cat. no. 218
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