Flintlock Pistol
- Date
- c.1660
- Material
- Steel and walnut
- made in
- Brescia, Lombardy region, Italy, Europe
- Classification
- Arms & armor, metalwork
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 138
- Dimensions
- 4 1/2 x 17 x 2 1/4 in. (11.4 x 43.2 x 5.7 cm)
weight: 1 lb. 9 oz. (0.7 kg) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 85:1939
Provenance
- 1939
Clarence H. Mackay (1874–1938), Roslyn, Long Island, New York, NY, USA
1939 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from the estate of Clarence H. Mackay, through Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., New York, NY [1]
Notes:
This flintlock pistol is one of a pair; the second flintlock pistol (86:1939) shares the same provenance.
[1] Notes on the accession record and the Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., invoice indicate that the pistol was part of the Clarence H. Mackay collection. The pistol is identified on the invoice as Seligmann No. G7 210. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, June 8, 1939.
Clarence H. Mackay (1874–1938), Roslyn, Long Island, New York, NY, USA
1939 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from the estate of Clarence H. Mackay, through Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., New York, NY [1]
Notes:
This flintlock pistol is one of a pair; the second flintlock pistol (86:1939) shares the same provenance.
[1] Notes on the accession record and the Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc., invoice indicate that the pistol was part of the Clarence H. Mackay collection. The pistol is identified on the invoice as Seligmann No. G7 210. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, June 8, 1939.
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