id:			99068
accession number:	1918.68
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.68
updated:		2023-08-23 18:25:15.222000

Snaphance Pistol, 1600s. Spain, Ripoll, 17th century. Steel, ebony with silver inlay; overall: 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.); barrel: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); bore: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1918.68

title:				Snaphance Pistol
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creation date:			1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1699
current location:		210C Firearms
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
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culture:	Spain, Ripoll, 17th century
technique:	steel, ebony with silver inlay
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
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measurements: Overall: 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.); Barrel: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); Bore: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
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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

	Schott and O'Shaughnessy Sale (1918); cat. #208
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fun fact:
A snaphance pistol is a type of barrel-loading, flintlock gun. The snaphance is a spring-lock mechanism used for discharging a flint. This innovation greatly improved the efficiency of getting a shot off.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 144-145, F5; Reproduced: Plate XXXIV, F5
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n214

	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

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