Production: Unknown
Wheel-lock pistol. Decorated with a variety of motifs including, Adam and Eve, putti, fighting figures and a man in contemporary costume.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 69 cm
Weight: 1925 g
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
16th Century, Mid#
Production date:
circa
AD 1560
This very ornate pistol is decorated with a variety of motifs including, Adam and Eve, putti, fighting figures and a man in contemporary costume. It would have been expensive and therefore owned by someone of considerable wealth and status.
Accession number: MAR.M.269-1912
Primary reference Number: 19543
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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