Pair of Wheellock Pistols
Pierre Le Bourgeois
ca. 1610–20
Medium
Steel, gold, wood, silver, mother-of-pearl
Dimensions
L. of each pistol 23 5/16 in. (59.2 cm); Cal. of each pistol, .49 in. (12.5 mm); L. of each barrel 15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm); Wt. of 19.53.13, 2 lb. 8 oz. (1134 g); Wt. of 19.56.14, 2 lb. 10 oz. (1191 g)
Classification
Firearms-Pistols
Culture
French, Lisieux
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Charles M. Schott Jr., 1917
Accession Number
19.53.13, .14
Rights
Public Domain