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