Wheel-lock Sporting Gun
- Culture
- German
- Date
- 1550–60
- Material
- Steel with gold and silver false-damascening, brass, wood with engraved and stained horn inlay
- Classification
- Arms & armor, metalwork
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 138
- Dimensions
- 2 7/8 x 47 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (7.3 x 121.3 x 8.9 cm)
weight: 8 lb. 12 oz. (4 kg) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 74:1939
NOTES
This gun is the oldest in the collection. Its quality can be seen in the gold and silver wire decoration of the barrel, rendered in a process known as false-damascening. In this process, the background is scratched and thin pieces of precious metal and wire are rubbed onto the surface. The gunstock's horn inlay includes hunting and classically-inspired scenes based on Renaissance prints.
Provenance
- 1890
Count Dimitri de Nesselrode (d.1890), Saratov, Russia [1]
1909/04/28
In auction, "Armes et Armures de la Collection du Comte de Nesselrode au Château de Tzarevtchina Saratov," Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 28, 1909, lot 398 [2]
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), Beverly Hills, CA, USA
- 1939
Parish-Watson & Co. Inc., New York, NY
1939 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Parish-Watson & Co., Inc. [2]
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the Parish-Watson invoice dated June 30, 1939. It lists twenty-one objects (including 74:1939) and identifies them as previously belonging to the William Randolph Hearst collection. The relationship between Hearst and Parish-Watson is unknown. 74:1939 is designated on the invoice as lot 1064 art. 174. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted [SLAM document files].
[1] According to scholar Walter Karcheski Jr. 74:1939 was in the collection of Count de Nesselrode until his death in 1890.
[2] This provenance is based on information provided by scholar Walter Karcheski Jr. and an annotation on the Museum's accession record [SLAM document files].
[3] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, June 8, 1939.
Count Dimitri de Nesselrode (d.1890), Saratov, Russia [1]
1909/04/28
In auction, "Armes et Armures de la Collection du Comte de Nesselrode au Château de Tzarevtchina Saratov," Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 28, 1909, lot 398 [2]
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), Beverly Hills, CA, USA
- 1939
Parish-Watson & Co. Inc., New York, NY
1939 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Parish-Watson & Co., Inc. [2]
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the Parish-Watson invoice dated June 30, 1939. It lists twenty-one objects (including 74:1939) and identifies them as previously belonging to the William Randolph Hearst collection. The relationship between Hearst and Parish-Watson is unknown. 74:1939 is designated on the invoice as lot 1064 art. 174. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted [SLAM document files].
[1] According to scholar Walter Karcheski Jr. 74:1939 was in the collection of Count de Nesselrode until his death in 1890.
[2] This provenance is based on information provided by scholar Walter Karcheski Jr. and an annotation on the Museum's accession record [SLAM document files].
[3] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, June 8, 1939.
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