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Flintlock pistol with ivory drawer
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Flintlock pistol with ivory drawer

Charles Fabri · 1675 - 1680 · striking (metalworking); inlay (process); encrusted; cutting; engraving; blauwen; ivory; iron (metal); ebony (wood); gold (metal)

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

About this work

Part of a pair. The lock, blued on the inside, is decorated with a single vine, a bird on a branch, and a signature on the lockplate. On the barrel are the letters GMA inlaid in gold. The solid ivory stock is carved in relief and ends after a band of ebony inlaid with ivory in a butt knob carved all around in the form of the bearded head of Hercules with the head of the Nemean lion as a helmet. The iron furniture includes, among other things, an ivory ramrod whose tip is separated by an ebony band, similar to the one between the grip and the butt knob.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineVuursteenpistool met ivoren lade. 1675 - 1680. Charles Fabri. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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