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Pair of Wheel-lock Petronels
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About this work
A petronel was a type of long pistol made with a wheel-lock ignition. Despite its length, the petronel was fired at the wrist like a pistol and not at the shoulder like a rifle. They were generally made in pairs during the early 1600s. Civilian versions were elaborately decorated for aristocratic clients.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePair of Wheel-lock Petronels, c. 1630. Georg Kurland (Polish). Steel, gilding, and wood inlaid with elk horn, ivory, and mother-of-pearl; overall: 70.5 cm (27 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2012.97
