Wheellock Rifle
Object type: Wheellock rifle
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Austrian
Artist: Master of the Animal-Head Scroll (Meister der Tierkopfranke)
Artist bio: Austrian, active 1624–59
Artist role: Stock maker
Artist nationality: Austrian
Date: ca. 1630–40
Medium: Steel, iron, silver, gold, wood, mother-of-pearl, staghorn
Dimensions: L. 43 1/4 in. (110 cm); L. of barrel 32 3/8 in. (82.2 cm); Cal. 0.5 in. (12 mm); Wt. 9 lb. 4 oz. (4189 g); L. of ramrod 32 13/16 in. (83.4 cm)
Classification: Firearms-Guns-Wheellock
Credit line: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 2018
Accession year: 2018