Historic Firearms

An assortment of antique flintlock pistols and firearms from different eras, highlighting craftsmanship and historical significance in weaponry.

Flint gun from Tromp, c. 1665 flintlock pistol Brescian gun, part of torque, with flint battery lock with convex lock plate and rooster. Nutenhouten drawer with à Jour processed iron batter. The final plate is signed Fraco: Geratto Ba. The loop is signed at the top: Lazarino Cominazzo. At the bottom is a chosen brand FG. Brescia slot:. iron (metal). walnut (hardwood) engraving / inlay (process)

Flint gun, anonymous, c. 1775 - c. 1825 flintlock pistol Flint gun, French army model (Gendarmerie). No sight grain and keep. Flat lock plate, which says `Manufacture à Charleville ', iron top tire with spring. Wooden chest. Charleville-Mézières wood (plant material). iron (metal). brass (alloy) Netherlands. France

Miquelet Carbine 1680-1700 Spain. Steel, iron, walnut .

Flintlock "Hand Mortar" Gun. German. Date: 1740. Dimensions: L. 61 cm (24 in.)Barrel L. 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)Wt. 9 lb. Steel, brass, iron, and walnut. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Wheellock Holster Pistol 1600-1633 Augsburg. Wood and ivory .

Flint under bus, anonymous, c. 1770 The lock is virtually unadorned. The loop is not camera, but does run towards the tromp in an oval shape; yellow -hooded visor grain in the form of a fish; Stamped on top with the weapon of Amsterdam and on the bottom with a rooster and the word sul. The flask is cut into relief with rocococrullen; The drawer hood is from Koehoorn; The handle has a cheek plate. The batter of cast yellow buyer is engraved and partially fitted in relief with rococoverentoring and consists of two loading stickers, the tractor bracket with an extension for the fingers, the screw plate engraved with I.A. a hunting dog, and the flask with an engraved deerbok in a landscape; Equipped with a set of iron hinged brackets; The ebbony chest of drawers has a wooden hood and an iron ring. Amsterdam brass (alloy). horn (animal material). iron (metal). wood (plant material). ebony (wood) cutting / casting / engraving

Snaphaunce Pistol Made for Wilhelm, Duke of Kurland dated 1615 Scottish The earliest recorded Scottish pistols, like this example, have stocks made of wood rather than steel. This pistol, one of a pair, was given by the duke of Kurland to Johann Georg I, elector of Saxony, in 1616. Its mate remains in the Historisches Museum, Dresden. It is believed that the pistols were originally a royal gift to Duke Wilhelm from James I, king of England and Scotland, in 1615.. Snaphaunce Pistol Made for Wilhelm, Duke of Kurland. Scottish. dated 1615. Steel, gold, silver, wood (brazilwood). Firearms

Flint gun, Pierre de la Haye, 1680 - 1690 flintlock pistol The lock is decorated with praise, both chiseled in relief and engraved, including a trident or lily, and bears a signature. The loop is divided by three rings, one of which around the tromp; no vision device; The loop is blewy and on top decorated with gold -stunging arabesks around the seated God Mars and hunting scenes; marked at the bottom with mic. The carrot -knotwood flask is simply cut. The gilded yellow -lodging batter consists of two loading stokkokers, a screw plate of ajour processed curls with a hunting scene, an unadorned thumb plate supported by two winged women with ajour -processed curls, a tractor bracket with praise in relief and a scrub hood engraved with classic warriors and wars, just like the flask cover; The Balein cargo is equipped with a hood of yellow cow horn. Maastricht gold (metal). brass (alloy). gilding (material). baleen. horn (animal material) engraving / cutting / gilding

Flintlock Blunderbuss with Spring-Bayonet. English. Date: 1820. Dimensions: L. bayonet e×tended 76.2 cm (30 in.)Barrel L. 35.5 cm (14 in.)Wt. 5 lb. 10 oz. Brass, steel, walnut, and oak. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Vuursteen gordelpistool, marine of leger.Flint belt gun or thunderbus gun for navy or army; From set of four belt guns. The haan screw of the lock is pierced and provided with a gap; The lock plate is unprocessed apart from a signature. The loop starts straight and around to narrow a little and then towards the trumpeter wider and oval; The loop is stamped on top with the letters LC under a crown and RD, down with an A. The flask is easily cut and runs out in a solid wooden flask; Opposite the lock is probably the figure 1500 stamped; In the loop cavity an iron spring is attached to prevent the steel loading stick from falling out. In addition to the iron belt hook, the batter is made of selector and includes a lord and a loading cooker.

Karabin Wänzl M1867

Blunderbuss

Wheellock Pistol ca. 1580-1600 French With their elegant form, innovative use of materials, and imaginative ornament, French firearms were trend-setters throughout Europe from the early seventeenth to mid-nineteenth century. French influence in firearms design was spread in several ways: by the lavish gifting of firearms as part of French diplomatic practice; the publication in Paris of numerous engraved pattern books of firearms ornament; and the wide dispersal of Huguenot (Protestant) gunmakers after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1683. The rise of French gunmaking to its pre-eminent position did not happen overnight, however, but had its origins in the sixteenth century. This whellock pistol, a rare example of high quality French gunmaking before 1600, epitomizes this early, innovative stage.The pistols long, slender lines, small-caliber barrel, and distinctive wheellock mechanism are characteristic French features. So too is the elegant and sophisticated decoration. The

Flint gun, Nicolas Tomson, c. 1775 flintlock pistol Part of a couple. The lock plate carries a signature and is marked on the inside with the letters ND. The barrel is made of damaged steel and has a silver grain; An unclear sign is stamped on the bottom; The tail of the loop is engraved with praise. The flask has simple cutting work. The batter shows traces of the past gilding and has a driven and after -frown decoration, except the charging room, and consists of: the tractor bracket with the letters BF in a rococo medaljon, a screw plate with rococo curl work and flowers, and a flask hood with shells driven and driven and driven in and a martial trophy on the central pumping plate; The loading stick has a hood of cow horn. Rotterdam steel (alloy). wood (plant material). brass (alloy). gilding (material). silver (metal). horn (animal material) cutting / striking (metalworking) / engraving / gilding

Crossbow Made 1440-1510 Europe. Strong enough to pierce through mail or plate armor at close ranges, the crossbow was a formidable weapon on the late medieval battlefield. In the fifteenth century, most bows like this example were made of joined pieces of horn, bone, and sinew bound by animal-skin glue and covered in a layer of painted birch bark to make them waterproof. The worn condition of this bow has made its layers visible. The added steel plate at the front of the bow to hold the bolt (arrow) is a later repair, suggesting this crossbow had a long working life in an Austrian or German arsenal or armoryópossibly well into the end of the fifteenth century.. Steel, iron, horn, bone, staghorn, birch bark, cherrywood, and hemp fiber .

Old vintage firelock gun isolated on white background

Triple-Wheellock Pistol Made 1610-1620 Strasbourg. The half minute needed to wind and load a wheellock pistol led to the invention of various multilock and multibarrel systems. Here three independent pistols are stocked together with alternating triggers.To fire the weapon, the shooter need only rotate the grip on the gun and pull the next trigger.. Steel, brass, and cherrywood . Wolf Jung

Flint gun, Johann Jacob Behr, c. 1720 - c. 1740 flintlock pistol Flint gun with iron round -stapled loop whose rear part is engraved with a decorative pattern, with a silver sight grain at the end. The drawer is made of wood and has patterns in the bottom. The lock cabinet is made of copper in which leaf and floral motifs are engraved, the name "Il. Behr" on the underside of the lock cupboard. Iron rooster whose edge is decorated, end of the steel spring is a round head with a point on it. The flask is completely made of wood, the head of the flask is of bronze in which the head of a monster is engraved. Another side of the final plate is invested with copper in the form of floral motifs. Under the drawer is a wooden chest of chest in a tube of copper. Liège Drawer: Silver (Metal). Vizier grain: Bronze (Metal). drawer, flask, chest of drawers: Wood (plant material). Kolf hood, lock plate, batter: copper (metal) engraving Netherlands

Flint turning gun with three walks, Cornelis Coster, c. 1660 flintlock pistol The lock has an Ajour edited rooster; The lock plate is engraved with flowers and praise and a signature. The loop is formed by a cluster of three walks, held together by a ring in the form of a three -sheet; The edges are trimmed with acanthus leaves. The grip of the flask is made of ebony and ends in a flask button in the form of a flower with an ivory button in the middle and separated from the handle by an iron -laid band. The batter consists of two loading stokkers, hardly soldered on two of the walking, a flat tractor bracket and the loading stick. Utrecht ebony (wood). ivory. iron (metal) engraving / cutting / inlay (process) / soldering

Vuursteenjachtgeweer.A signature is on the lock. The loop has a silver grain and has a stamp with the city unit of Utrecht and a signature. The flask has simple carving, partly in high-relief. The Geelkoperen seizures traces of the past, among other things, exists of: three loading bokekers, an S-shaped screw plate with two opposing leaf drinks in the middle, a unprocessed thumb plate decorated with praise, a flask plate that ends in an elongated blade and a loading stick with a loading stick a cow hood; With the middle loading stick there is an iron hinged bracket, behind the trigger bracket a glass.

Flintlock Fowling Gun with Miquelet Lock. Augustin Hortiz; Spanish, Madrid, active 1740-died 1771. Date: 1750. Dimensions: L. 126.2 cm (49 11/16 in.)L. Barrel 84.4 cm (33 3/16 in.)Caliber .63 Wt. 5 lb. 7 oz. Steel, iron, brass, gold, silver, walnut, velvet, and horn. Origin: Madrid. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Bridle pistool with flint lock, Barend Penterman, c. 1710 - c. 1723 flintlock pistol Short rider pistool with flint lock, part of couple. Smooth round run with tires in relief. Brass visor grain, not a keep. Flat lock plate marked. Side plate edited. Bronze batter decorated in relief. Wooden chest. A coat of arms (presumably coat of arms of Utrecht). Utrecht brass (alloy). bronze (metal). wood (plant material) engraving Netherlands

Revolver from Aceh, Lemat & Girard, c. 1862 - c. 1881 Revolver, conquered or captured in Aceh. Percussion system, cylinder with nine rooms and two walks. With rooster whose head basculates and puts it on a 10. chimney, corresponding with the 2nd or underlying run. Marked no. 8225. On the barrel: Lemat & Girard's Patent London. London whole: Iron (metal). Kolf: Wood (Plant Material) Aceh

Flint gun, Barend Penterman, c. 1690 flintlock pistol Part of a couple. The lock plate is engraved with a jumping lion, a galloping horse and a signature; The rooster and the fire steel are chiseled in relief with blossom branches. The round run is provided with a ring and chiseled in relief with arabesk-like leaf vines around a grotesque mask that acts as the rearvizier; A flat rib runs with a signature between the decoration on the back and the tromp; The sight grain is made of iron; Stamped on the back with the Wapen van Utrecht. The flask is cut into relief with, among other things, large leaf vines. The iron fittings consists of two spy -shaped loading stokkokers, a hose -shaped screw plate with floors of curly praise and with a running dog, the tractor bracket with ajour edited end in the form of a leaf and engraved with a classic warrior, a white, heart -shaped thumb plate framed by ajour Processed leaf vines and crowned with a small, white blazon, and the flask hood with long t

Percussion Revolver with Accessories in a Box.Dean-Adams Revolver, drawn six-shot percussion, with accessories in a box. The revolver is made of blued steel has an even throat with sparing decorations. The patterns must be applied in the cylinder, whereby it can be adjusted to a lever along the loop by means of a pestle. The impact hats are applied to scratches on the back of the cylinder. In the box there is a scraper, a ball entrance, a patterning template for making paper patterns, a powder horn, a fat pot and a leather pocket with impact hats.

Keyed bugle, Ludwig Embach & Co, c. 1830 - c. 1840 Valve bugle in des with two flat, round valves. With support saddle for the Middelinger of the right hand. The button of the lower valve runs below. Mouthpiece is missing. Amsterdam brass (alloy) Valve bugle in des with two flat, round valves. With support saddle for the Middelinger of the right hand. The button of the lower valve runs below. Mouthpiece is missing. Amsterdam brass (alloy)

Pair of Flintlock Pistols. Culture: Italian, Brescia. Dimensions: L. of each 22 1/2 in. (57.2 cm); L. of each barrel 15 13/16 in. (40.2 cm); Cal. of each .52 in. (13.2 mm); Wt. of each 1 lb. 15 oz. (879 g). Gunsmith: Girolamo Francino (Italian, Brescia, recorded 1666-1709). Date: ca. 1650-60.The Francino gunsmiths of Brescia and Gardone were celebrated. The superiority of Brescian barrels was long recognized. Aside from embellishment, they were sought for the quality of their metal, which was light in weight yet strong. The delicately pierced steel ornament inlaid to be flush with the surface of the stock is a characteristic design feature of Brescian firearms of this period. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pair of flintlock pistols.The names on the lockplates of pistols are those of the men who assembled them (known as the gunmakers). They ordered the pistol components from various craftsmen and then put together the weapons, which they signed on the lockplate. The gunmaker Leonardus Graeff was based in Aachen, but he used the same suppliers as arms producers in Maastricht. The warriors silver-gilt helmets are characteristic of his work.

Colt Navy Percussion Revolver, Confederate Model, serial no. 2651. Culture: American, Griswoldville, Georgia. Designer: Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814-1862). Dimensions: L. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm); L. of barrel 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); Cal.36 in. (9 mm). Manufacturer: The Griswold and Grier Company (American, 19th century). Date: 1862-64. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Flintlock Rifle Made 1790-1814 France, northeastern. Walnut stock with gold inlay .

carbine with ammunition

Flint pocket gun, Johan George Ertel, 1765 - 1775 flintlock pistol Pocket gun with flint lock; Part of a couple. The loop and the lock form one whole. The lock is like an open cupboard lock and is easily engraved with, among other things, a signature; Rain -tight pan. The tapered run is engraved on the back with Rococo Lofwerk; Equipped with different rings, among other things at the Tromp as if it were a cannon. The curved flask is largely decorated with asymmetrical curls of inlaid silver thread. The iron tractor bracket, engraved with Rococo leaf vines, can be pushed forward to block the tractor; The rest of the batter is made of cast silver with a fitted relief decoration and consists of an ajour processed screw plate consisting of a trophic collection of weapons, musical instruments, the course of a cannon and a barrel of cannon balls, and a pump hood with a grotesk mask; There is no facility for a chest of drawers. Amsterdam walnut (hardwood). silver thread. iron (metal). silver

Wheellock Pistol ca. 1580 German, Nuremberg. Wheellock Pistol. German, Nuremberg. ca. 1580. Wood, gold, steel, copper, bone. Nuremberg. Firearms-Pistols-Wheellock

Double-Barreled, Double-Wheellock Pistol ca. 1580 German, Augsburg Although most sixteenth-century firearms were single-shot, gunmakers sometimes experimented with various multishot weapons. This example gave two shots, each barrel having its own wheellock. The metal stock, providing extra support for the double mechanism, is etched with hunting scenes.. Double-Barreled, Double-Wheellock Pistol. German, Augsburg. ca. 1580. Steel, copper, gold, leather. Augsburg. Firearms-Pistols-Wheellock

Karabin Mauser 98k Mauser Werke AG

Revolver Smith & Wesson N.3 DA Model 1881, recommended as a personal weapon for Russian army officers. Latvian War Museum. Riga. Latvia.

Target Crossbow 1500-1600 France. Wood, steel, and cord .

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Swivel musketoon, anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1800 cannon. flintlock weapon Bronze Vooraad Enterbus on a standard. The loop has a caliber of 52 mm and a conical room. On the right side of the short drawer, a heavy flint lock has been installed, the pandic cover of which is taken care of by a spring when it opens. Behind an iron handle. The Enterbus hangs in an iron mik. France (possibly) bronze (metal). iron (metal). wood (plant material). textile materials

Spark gun 'Ketland and C¼., London', present of the Duke of Wellington to the general Alava. SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. ALAVA. Vitoria. Museum of the Armera (armoury).

Vuursteenjachtgeweer.Flint shotgun. The lock is unfinished on the Inscription Mastrich. The circular loop has a flat surface on the right; The visor grain is made of iron; The ends of the kulas are chiseled with edges of acanthus leaves. The walnut flask is easily cut. The iron attachment consists of three loading bokekokers, a brace-shaped screw plate, a white shield-shaped thumb plate, the trigger bracket and a flask plate whose tip extends over the flask; The wooden loading stick has a horn hood.

Wheellock Puffer (Pistol) for the Mounted Bodyguard of the Elector of Saxony. Abraham Dressler; (German active 1572--1590), Dresden. Date: 1580-1600. Dimensions: L. 54.3 cm (21 3/8 in.)Barrel L. 33 cm (13 in.)Wt. 4 lb. 14 oz.Caliber .63. Steel, cherrywood, and staghorn. Origin: East Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Wheellock Rifle 1715-1725 Austria. Despite the invention of the simpler flintlock, the wheellock remained in use for hunting well into the 18th century, as the ignition was a split second faster. This could make a difference when hunting deer, sensitive enough to react to the sound of the ignition before the bullet left the gun.On later wheellocks, such as this example, the wheel is concealed under the lock plate. The decorative inlay of engraved mother-of-pearl, silver, and staghorn, with its florid designs of S- and C scrolls, reflects the newly developing Rococo style.. Steel, silver, walnut, horn, staghorn, and mother-of-pearl . Josef Haller (Decorator)

Cased Pair of Percussion Pistols with Accessories dated 1856 Louis-Julien Gastinne-Renette French The designs represented in an album in the Metropolitan Museum's collection (acc. no. 2010.31) were engraved on pieces such as this pistol by Gastinne-Renette, who ran a successful Parisian firm specializing in highly decorated custom firearms. He was gunmaker to the emperor of France and the king of Spain and was awarded medals for his craftsmanship at several international expositions between the 1840s and the 1870s.. Cased Pair of Percussion Pistols with Accessories 27165

Pair of Over-and-Under Tube-Lock Percussion Pistols with Case and Accessories ca. 1805-10; converted after 1818 Durs Egg The son of a Swiss gunmaker, Durs Egg emigrated to England about 1768 and started his own business in London in 1772. He and his nephew, Joseph Egg (1775-1837), separately established reputations as two of the most talented gunmakers in the city. This elegant pair of pistols was originally fitted with flintlocks that were later converted to tube-locks, a more advanced mechanism patented by Joseph Manton (1766-1835) in 1818. Conversion was a common and economical method of updating a firearm as technology progressed.As a means of ignition, percussion mechanisms like the tube-lock utilized a highly combustible chemical compound called fulminate, which burns more rapidly than gunpowder when struck with force. The tube-lock operated using pre-fabricated fulminate-filled primer tubes, relieving the user from the step of priming the pan with loose gunpowder, and offering i

Pair of flintlock pistols. Leonard Cleuter was an adventurer and a mercenary who occasionally tried to make money from the firearms trade. He signed this brace of pistols, the pommels of which are carved in the form of Classical warrior heads crowned with laurel wreaths. When Cleuter was declared bankrupt as an arms dealer in 1664, he left Maastricht and borrowed money to start his own regiment.

Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519-56) ca. 1540-45 Peter Peck German One of the earliest pistols, this firearm was designed and produced by Peter Peck, a maker of watches and guns. The two locks combined in one mechanism provided the barrels with separate ignition. Made for Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519-56), the pistol is decorated with his dynastic and personal emblems: the double-headed eagle and the pillars of Hercules with the Latin motto PLUS ULTRA (More beyond). Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #4411. Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol Made for Emperor Charles V (reigned 1519-56) 22387

Serpent Forveille in B-flat ca. 1825 Forveille French The serpent, a wide bass brass horn with finger holes that evolved at the end of the sixteenth century, gained importance in band music during the second half of the eighteenth century. Thenceforth, the serpent's unwieldy shape was either modified or converted to upright forms. This version, with four keys and six fingerholes, was designed and first publicly displayed in Paris in 1823.. Serpent Forveille in B-flat 501672

Pistol with a capshable castle converted from rock unknown scrux

ESCOPETA DE CAZA DE PISTON-1863-REY FRANCISCO DE ASIS-NºINV K-148. Author: EUSEBIO ZULOAGA GONZALEZ (1808-1898) ARMERO. Location: PALACIO REAL-REAL ARMERIA DE MADRID. MADRID. SPAIN.

Ancient weapons. 18th century. From top to bottom: Catalan pistol, Arab pistol, Catalan pistol and French pistol. Colored engraving of The Illustration, 1890.

Ancient weapons. 18th century. From top to bottom: Catalan pistol, Arab pistol, Catalan pistol and French pistol. Colored engraving of The Illustration, 1890.

Breech-Loading Swivel Gun with Chamber on Stand. Western European. Date: 1500-1533. Dimensions: Length overall of cannon: 33 1/2 in. (81.5 cm)Overall length of cannon in frame including handle: 58 7/8 in. (149.6 cm)Diameter of breech opening of cannon: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)Diameter at flared muzzle: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)Diameter of breech clock opening: 1 5/32 in. (3 cm)Diameter at base of breech block: 4 3/4 in. (11.2 cm)Overall length of breech block: 8 11/32 in. (21.2 cm)Weight of breech block: 23 lb. 7 oz. Iron. Origin: Western Europe. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Model Field Cannon with Carriage Made 1590-1610 Netherlands. Bronze and wood .

Oboe E. Dupéyrat c. 1850 - c. 1900 Hobo in dark brown stained palm wood with thirteen brass keys. Marked on the upper and lower part: E. Dupeyrat / A Allemans / Près Ribérac (Dordogne) in an oval. The oboe is in a wooden suitcase (not original) covered with leather, gilded decorations and velvet on the inside. Ribérac boxwood. brass (alloy). wood (plant material). velvet (fabric weave). leather gilding Hobo in dark brown stained palm wood with thirteen brass keys. Marked on the upper and lower part: E. Dupeyrat / A Allemans / Près Ribérac (Dordogne) in an oval. The oboe is in a wooden suitcase (not original) covered with leather, gilded decorations and velvet on the inside. Ribérac boxwood. brass (alloy). wood (plant material). velvet (fabric weave). leather gilding

Kapishae revolver, 6 shot transit system Tranter, William (1816 1890)

Unusual firearms and rifles. Large heavy matchlock from 1615 1, old Spanish matchlock 2, old Spanish hunting rifle 3, double-lock rifle 4, rifle with magazine 5, old Turkish rifle 6, and Persian rifle 7. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1815. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Sordino, Renaissance Musical Instruments

Old fashioned microscope on table

The vintage machine gun

Flink-lock muskets on display in the Magazine used to store weapons and ammunition.Colonial Williamsburg,Virginia

sniper rifles set side view

A duel pistol with a Capidzon Castle

Cannon in the bastion, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver, Washington State, USA

Decorated hunting weapons with ammunition, hunting license and gun ownership card and, Hesse, Germany, Europe

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