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| Keywords: German - Wheel Locks - Walters 51440.jpg This may be the earliest pistol displayed here Its weight at 8 lbs 8 oz and intricate decoration-foliage hunting vignettes and heads of Roman gods-worked in bone or antler with details dyed green inlaid in the walnut body of the stock are typical of pistols treasured by the German nobility in the later 1500s The bulbous butt counterbalances the weight of the barrel and serves as a grip when drawing the pistol from its holster This pistol is of the type and style used by the bodyguard of Elector Christian I of Saxony celebrated by contemporaries for his magnificent collections of arms and armor 1570 steel or iron gold silver wood walnut bone or antler dyed cm 54 6 accession number 51 440 25708 Henry Walters Baltimore 1926 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 place of origin Germany Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Weapons in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Wheellock pistols | ||||
