Wheel-lock pistol: HEN.M.438-1933

Current Location: Gallery 31 (Armoury)

Maker(s)

Entities

Wheel-lock pistol

Categories

Weapons

Description

Wheel-lock pistol.

Legal notes

J.S. Henderson Bequest

Measurements and weight

Length: 64.8 cm
Weight: 1560 g

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-03-16) by Henderson, James Stewart

Dating

17th Century#
Circa 1600 - 1699

Note

This very plain, but elegant, pistol is of extremely high quality and very typical of high-end pistols of the middle of the 17th century. At this time the stock was made very straight and only later were they angled down at the rear in the way we are more familiar with today.

Identification numbers

Accession number: HEN.M.438-1933
Primary reference Number: 19549
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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