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| Keywords: German - Wheel-lock Pocket Pistol - Walters 51548.jpg This pistol studded with turquoise in the Turkish style could have been made either for a European client or for the Turkish market In either case it would have had an exotic quality for a European collector Turkish swords with blades of Damascus steel were famous in Europe and displayed in collections of arms and armor; European firearms in turn were imported by the Turks ca 1570 steel with gilded copper alloy and turquoise set in silver cm 19 6 accession number 51 548 38421 S H Austin New York no 571 Harding 1917 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1917 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1917 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Augsburg Germany Walters Art Museum license Weapons in the Walters Art Museum Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Wheellock pistols | ||||
