Cleveland Museum of Art
Flintlock Pistol
- Date
- 1788
- Medium
- steel, walnut and bone stock
- Culture
- Italy, Brescia, 18th century
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
With its embellished steel and inlaid bone handle, this fine pistol was a gentlemen's weapon. This is the type of gun gentlemen used in duels, counting out ten paces then turning and firing their pistols.
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