id:			100136
accession number:	1919.65
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1919.65
updated:		2022-09-10 09:09:57.648000

Wheel-Lock Rifle, 1618. Germany, Bavaria (?), 17th century. Steel, brass, walnut stock inlaid with bone, horn and ivory; overall: 77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.); butt: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); barrel: 49.8 cm (19 5/8 in.); bore: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1919.65

title:				Wheel-Lock Rifle
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1618
creation date earliest:		1618
creation date latest:		1618
current location:		210B Firearms
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	Germany, Bavaria (?), 17th century
technique:	steel, brass, walnut stock inlaid with bone, horn and ivory
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.); Butt: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); Barrel: 49.8 cm (19 5/8 in.); Bore: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
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support materials:


inscriptions:

	inscription:	on barrel: 1618, S.H.;  on stock: FF
	translation:	
	remark:		

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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

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PROVENANCE

	[Sale: American Art Association, New York, Theodore Offerman Sale 
 (February 7-8, 1919), lot 374]
	date: 1919
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1919-
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	citations: 	


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fun fact: 
The artisan who made this rifle used brass, bone, horn, and ivory to create decorative elements like animals involved in the hunt, fruits, and other details. If you look beneath the gun, you will see a goose or duck and a vase of flowers near the trigger.

digital description: 


wall description: 
Made originally as a petronel pistol, this firearm seems to have been refitted with a new stock sometime during the 17th century to convert it into a rifle, most likely for a child's use.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	American Art Association.<em> Ancient Arms and Weapons and Accoutrements</em>. 1919.
	page number: 	lot 374
	url:		

	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. 147, F10; Reproduced: Plate XXXV, F10
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n219

	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. 42
	url:		https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n49

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	pp. 142 & 174; cat. no. 227
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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: 	cat. no. 227, p. 194
	url:		

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