Arms & Armour
Wheel-lock Petronel
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Details
- Author / creator
- Georg Kurland (Polish)
- Object type
- Arms & armour
- Date or period
- c. 1630
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 13 × 73 × 6 cm
- Place of origin
- Silesia (Southwestern Poland)
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 2012
- Category
- Firearm
About this object
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.
Materials and technique
Steel, gilding, and wood inlaid with elk horn, ivory, and mother-of-pearl
