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{
    "localId": "99068",
    "label": "Snaphance Pistol",
    "core": "obj",
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}

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    "id": "99068",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Snaphance Pistol",
    "date": "1600s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.68",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q60758769"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Arms and Armor"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.68/1918.68_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.); Barrel: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); Bore: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Spain, Ripoll, 17th century"
    ],
    "accession": "1918.68"
}

{
    "tec": "steel, ebony with silver inlay",
    "tombstone": "Snaphance Pistol, 1600s. Spain, Ripoll, 17th century. Steel, ebony with silver inlay; overall: 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.); barrel: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); bore: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1918.68",
    "collection": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "didYouKnow": "A snaphance pistol is a type of barrel-loading, flintlock gun. The snaphance is a spring-lock mechanism used for discharging a flint. This innovation greatly improved the efficiency of getting a shot off.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 144-145, F5; Reproduced: Plate XXXIV, F5",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n214"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, and Helen Ives Gilchrist. <em>Handbook of the Severance Collection of Arms and Armor</em>. 2d ed., 1948.",
            "page_number": "Reproduction: p. 41",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/HandbookArmsArmor1948/page/n47"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.68",
    "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:21:03.298000",
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    "sourceId": 99068,
    "dept": "Medieval Art",
    "coll": "MED - Arms & Armor",
    "med": "steel, ebony with silver inlay",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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