The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Wheel-Lock from a Hunting Rifle
c. 1660–1720
Overall: 30.7 x 17.2 cm (12 1/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1916.1546
Location: 210B Firearms
Did You Know?
Invented in the early 1500s, the wheel-lock was a new type of ignition system, the first to be self igniting.Description
Originally part of a deluxe weapon, the lock plate's entire surface is inlaid with an exquisite floral pattern in gold. Carefully chiseled, the fanciful hammer takes the form of an animal head crowned by a mass of foliage. The double eagle on the wheel plate suggests the weapon was made for a member of the Habsburg family.- Frank Gair Macomber (1849-1941) Boston, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1916-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Catalogue of Arms and Armour. Vol. 4, 17th to 19th century and a few pieces of iron work. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915]. Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (242) 266 archive.orgGilchrist, Helen Ives. A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. Mentioned: p. 163, F65 archive.orgFliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. p. 144; cat. no. 236, p. 175Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. cat. no. 232, p. 194
- Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).Master Goldsmiths of the Renaissance: Their Models and Designs. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 2, 1982-March 20, 1983).
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