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Wheellock pistol with richly inlaid stock and butt of ivory and mother-of-pearl
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Wheellock pistol with richly inlaid stock and butt of ivory and mother-of-pearl

anonymous · c. 1600 - c. 1625 · ivory; iron (metal); wood (plant material); mother of pearl

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

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Wheel-lock pistol of wood with an iron round smooth barrel. The lock plate has been removed from the stock. The stock is attached to the lock plate with a wooden screw. The lock plate is decorated with mother-of-pearl and ivory, various motifs with the figures of a hare and a wolf on the barrel, with flower motifs of mother-of-pearl in between. The square stock neck is made of ivory and has a four-petaled flower on each side. The stock is round and has four radial lines, between each line a four-petaled flower surrounded by two flower motifs of mother-of-pearl. Under the lock plate, a wooden ramrod with an ivory tip.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePistool met radslot met rijk ingelegde lade en kolf met ivoor en parelmoer. c. 1600 - c. 1625. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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