Hunting Knife Combined with Wheellock Pistol
Ambrosius Gemlich
blade ca. 1528–29, etched with a calendar for the years 1529–34; barrel dated 1540 or 1546
Medium
Steel, gold, staghorn, bronze
Dimensions
L. 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm); L. of barrel 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm); L. of blade 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm); Cal. .28 in. (7.1 mm)
Classification
Combination Weapons
Culture
German, Munich
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1904
Accession Number
04.3.158