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Source Description
The snaphance is a type of lock used for firing a gun. It is a predecessor of the flintlock mechanism.
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Document identity
localId
96686
label
Snaphance Gunlock
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
96686
contentType
object
title
Snaphance Gunlock
description
The snaphance is a type of lock used for firing a gun. It is a predecessor of the flintlock mechanism.
date
c.1660–80
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60743110
genreSpecific
Arms and Armor
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 14 x 7.3 cm (5 1/2 x 2 7/8 in.)
cul
Italy, Brescia (?), 17th century
accession
1916.41
Source extras
tec
steel, chiseled
tombstone
Snaphance Gunlock, c.1660–80. Italy, Brescia (?), 17th century. Steel, chiseled; overall: 14 x 7.3 cm (5 1/2 x 2 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, 1916.41
collection
MED - Arms & Armor
didYouKnow
This steel gunlock is its own work of art, chiseled with designs of grotesques, masks, and foliage.
citations
citation
Christie, Manson & Woods, London. <em>Choice collection of works of art, mostly of the XVth, XVIth and XVIIth centuries</em>. Mar 8-12, 1898. Lot 275.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 36, lot 275
citation
<em>Catalogue of Arms and Armour</em>. Vol. 4, <em>17th to 19th century and a few pieces of iron work</em>. [Boston, Massachusetts]: [Frank Gair Macomber], [1900-1915].
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: No. (244) 268
citation
Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms & Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 168, F83
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
page_number
p. 175, cat. no. 232
citation
Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms & Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>[Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page_number
p. 194, cat. no. 236
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
updatedAt
2026-05-29 05:12:31.274000
sourceId
96686
dept
Medieval Art
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MED - Arms & Armor
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steel, chiseled
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1
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0
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photo
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