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Source 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.
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Document identity
localId
135582
label
Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle
core
obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
135582
contentType
object
title
Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle
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.
date
mid-1600s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60778030
creators
10628
genreSpecific
Arms and Armor
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
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.)
cul
Austria, Ferlach, mid 17th Century
accession
1959.127
Source extras
tec
steel, varnished wood (walnut) stock decorated with inlaid silver wire and appliqués
tombstone
Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle, mid-1600s. Hans Schmidt (Austrian, 1669). 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Schilling, 1959.127
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
didYouKnow
A similar rifle made for another member of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Graf Sigmund von Dietrichstein, is preserved in Vienna.
citations
citation
S. E. L. "Year in Review." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 46, no. 10 (1959).
page_number
pp. 220, 228, cat. no 10
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [</em>Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page_number
p. 144; cat. no. 228, p. 174
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page_number
cat. no. 230, p. 194
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis R. Schilling
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:55:54.395000
sourceId
135582
dept
Medieval Art
coll
MED - Arms & Armor
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steel, varnished wood (walnut) stock decorated with inlaid silver wire and appliqués
creatorTags
male
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