Pair of Wheellock Rifles Made for Emperor Leopold I (1640–1705)

Medium

Steel, silver, wood (walnut)

Dimensions

L. of each 43 3/8 in. (110.2 cm); L. of each barrel 32 1/16 in. (81.4 cm); Cal. of each .544 in. (13.8 mm); Wt. of 50.203.1 9 lb. 4 oz. (4196 g); Wt. of 50.203.2 9 lb. 3 oz. (4167 g)

Classification

Firearms-Guns-Wheellock

Culture

Bohemian, Prague

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1950

Accession Number

50.203.1, .2

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