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Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle

Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle

mid-1600s
(Austrian, 1669)
Austria, Ferlach, mid 17th Century
steel, varnished wood (walnut) stock decorated with inlaid silver wire and appliqués
Overall: 110.2 cm (43 3/8 in.); Butt: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Barrel: 83.2 cm (32 3/4 in.); Bore: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Schilling 1959.127
Location: 210A Armor Court

Did You Know?

A similar rifle made for another member of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Graf Sigmund von Dietrichstein, is preserved in Vienna.

Description

The barrel of this hunting piece is marked with the letters "GS" within a shield, the likely initials of the owner, who was probably a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece as indicated by the escutcheon on the stock.
  • S. E. Kennedy (sold 1918, 1922, 1923?)
    -1959
    James Grogan, Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1959-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • S. E. L. "Year in Review." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 46, no. 10 (1959). pp. 220, 228, cat. no 10 www.jstor.org
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998. p. 144; cat. no. 228, p. 174
    Fliegel, Stephen N. Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. cat. no. 230, p. 194
  • Armor Court Reinstallation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
  • {{cite web|title=Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle|url=false|author=Hans Schmidt|year=mid-1600s|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1959.127