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Combination Hunting Dagger and Double-Barrel Percussion Pistol, Sheath, and Belt of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico

Joseph-Célestin DumonthierLinkedCulture matchlcp-4a6d8851aed0

Date: 1864/67
Medium: Steel, brass, silver, gilding, leather, silk velvet, and silver-gilt thread
Culture: Paris
Department: Applied Arts of Europe
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 106235

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In 1840 the Parisian gunsmith Dumonthier patented his popular hunting knife with double pistols. This weapon artfully combines two percussion pistols with a knife. The hunter used it to deal the final coup de grace, or mercy blow, to the wounded game. The crowned monogram engraved over the silver-gilt belt buckle has been identified as belonging to Maximilian, the short-lived Habsburg Emperor of Mexico. The monarch apparently practiced the European court tradition of hunting in Central America.

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Credit line: George F. Harding Collection

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