The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 28, 2024
Pair of Wheel-lock Petronels
c. 1630
Location: 210B Firearms
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These luxury objects were used by wealthy men as sporting weapons.Description
A petronel was a type of long pistol made with a wheel-lock ignition. Despite its length, the petronel was fired at the wrist like a pistol and not at the shoulder like a rifle. They were generally made in pairs during the early 1600s. Civilian versions were elaborately decorated for aristocratic clients.- until 19th centurySaxon Electoral Armories, Dresdenbefore 1947F. Theodore Dexter (b. 1885), Topeka, KSbefore 1955Robert C. Draper, Freedom, NH1955-Donald Tuttle, Naugatuck, CT1984-Eli Whitney Museum of Invention, Whitneyville, CT (donated by Donald Tuttle in 1984; deaccessioned by the museum since they were of foreign and not American manufacture)Nov. 20, 1986Sale: Christie's, New York (Nov. 20, 1986), lot 403Unknown Private Collection1996-2000Michael Zomber, Culver City, CA, sold to Justin Kohn2000-2012Justin Kohn, Sausalito, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art2012-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 53 no. 02, March/April 2013 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 20 archive.org
- {{cite web|title=Pair of Wheel-lock Petronels|url=false|author=Georg Kurland|year=c. 1630|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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