Cleveland Museum of Art
Snaphance Gunlock
- Date
- c.1660–80
- Medium
- steel, chiseled
- Culture
- Italy, Brescia (?), 17th century
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The snaphance is a type of lock used for firing a gun. It is a predecessor of the flintlock mechanism. This steel gunlock is its own work of art, chiseled with designs of grotesques, masks, and foliage.
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