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Flintlock pistol with ivory drawer
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Flintlock pistol with ivory drawer

1660 - 1665 · striking (metalworking); inlay (process); cutting; engraving; ivory; iron (metal); ebony (wood)

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

About this work

Part of a pair. The lock is engraved with floral vines and a signature. The barrel is engraved in bas-relief with leafy vines and grotesque masks and a bird on a branch; a ring runs around the muzzle, marked underneath with C.MIL. The solid ivory stock has simple carving; between the grip and the butt knob are three bands of ivory and ebony; the butt knob is carved all around as a man's head with a mustache and a helmet with a visor raised at the front, a similar visor at the back, and grotesque heads on the sides; the eyes are inlaid with ebony. The iron furniture includes, among other things, a bracket-shaped screw plate whose rear part is engraved as a snake.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVuursteenpistool met ivoren lade. 1660 - 1665. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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