Arms & Armour
Wheel-Lock from a Hunting Rifle
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Details
- Author / creator
- Austria
- Object type
- Arms & armour
- Date or period
- c. 1660–1720
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 30.7 × 17.2 cm
- Place of origin
- Austria
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the Ashcombe City Council acquisitions budget, 1916
- Category
- Firearm
- Armourer's / maker's marks
- Nuremberg guild mark and master's mark on the breast
About this object
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.
Materials and technique
Steel, inlaid with gold design of Habsburg eagle, pierced and chiseled
