Percussion Exhibition Pistol
Medium
Steel, gold
Dimensions
L. 16 in. (40.7 cm); L. of barrel 10 1/4 in. (26.1 cm); Cal. .45 in. (11.4 mm)
Classification
Firearms-Pistols-Percussion
Culture
French, Paris
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Ronald S. Lauder Gift, 2013
Accession Number
2013.514.1
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Dragons
About the Artist
Gilles Michel Louis Moutier-Le Page|Antoine Vechte|Léopold Bernard (French|French|French) · 1842 |1799 |1832 –1865 |1868 |1870
French, 1810–1887|French, 1799–1868|French, Paris, active 1832–70