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Flintlock pocket pistol with iron case
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Flintlock pocket pistol with iron case

Jan Cloeter · 1655 - 1660 · soldering; trekken; blocked; relief (sculpture technique); engraving; beitelen; iron (metal); steel (alloy)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Entire iron pocket pistol with flintlock mechanism. The lock has chiseled and engraved details; the lockplate is engraved with a dragon's head from which flowering branches emerge and an oval cartouche with signature and a frame in the strapwork style. The barrel is partially engraved with foliage; stamped on top with a mark in the form of two curved fish above the number 34; two loading rod cases with relief are soldered at the bottom; the bore is rifled with eight straight grooves. The stock has a hollow half-lade and tapers into a stock cap engraved as if it were a separate stock cap and decorated on both sides with a grotesque mask with leaves. The iron furniture consists of a forked trigger guard and a hollow steel ramrod with a priming wire on one side and a screw-off cap in the form of a spear and a similar end on the other side.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVuursteenzakpistool met ijzeren lade. 1655 - 1660. Jan Cloeter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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