id:			96786
accession number:	1916.50
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.50
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:18.301000

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
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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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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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	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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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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