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Source Description
This pistol, studded with turquoise in the Turkish style, could have been made either for a European client or for the Turkish market. In either case, it would have had an exotic quality for a European collector. Turkish swords with blades of Damascus steel were famous in Europe and displayed in collections of arms and armor; European firearms, in turn, were imported by the Turks.
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Document identity
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38421
label
Wheel-lock Pocket Pistol
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Source metadata
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38421
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title
Wheel-lock Pocket Pistol
description
This pistol, studded with turquoise in the Turkish style, could have been made either for a European client or for the Turkish market. In either case, it would have had an exotic quality for a European collector. Turkish swords with blades of Damascus steel were famous in Europe and displayed in collections of arms and armor; European firearms, in turn, were imported by the Turks.
provenance
S. H. Austin, New York [no. 571]; Harding, 1917 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1570 (Renaissance)
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
pocket pistols
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
7 11/16 in. (19.6 cm)
Source extras
med
steel with gilded copper alloy and turquoise set in silver
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6211
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ARM
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exhibition_ids
1994
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photo
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