Wheellock Rifle
Elias Becker|Caspar Spät
dated 1668
Medium
Steel, gold, wood (ebony), staghorn, bone
Dimensions
L. 30 9/16 in. (77.6 cm); L. of barrel 30 9/16 in. (77.6 cm); Cal. .55 in. (13.9 mm); Wt. 7 lb. 14 oz. (3572 g)
Classification
Firearms-Guns-Wheellock
Culture
German, Munich and Augsburg
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929
Accession Number
29.158.668
About the Artist
Elias Becker|Caspar Spät (German|German) · 1586 |1633 –1716 |1674
German, Munich, ca. 1611–1691|German, Augsburg, recorded 1633–74