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| Keywords: German - Wheel Locks - Walters 51433.jpg The decoration on the stock with mounted hunters dashing after a lion rabbits wild boar fox and even a mythical unicorn is skillfully adapted to the contour of the rifle The materials contribute to the elegance of the piece delicate mother-of-pearl set into walnut which is stained to look like expensive and exotic ebony wood The decoration is similar to that on rifles from Nuremberg attributed to the master known because of his motifs as the Master of the Castles between 1590 1620 steel or iron ebonized walnut mother-of-pearl bone or antler cm 93 accession number 51 433 6015 Thewalt Sale Cologne 1903 no 1692 Henry Griffith Keasbey New York date of acquisition unknown by purchase Sale American Art Association New York December 5 1924 no 263 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 place of origin Nuremberg Germany Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Weapons in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Wheellock firearms | ||||
