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| Keywords: Giovani Antonio Gavacciolo - Wheel Locks - Walters 51444 - Group.jpg Gavacciolo was a highly regarded Brescian lockmaker who produced the locks for guns given as diplomatic gifts to King Louis XIII of France by the government of Venice and for others made for the shah of Persia between 1620 1640 steel wood walnut silk cm 46 3 accession number 51 444 6423 Clements date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Griffith Keasbey New York date of acquisition unknown by purchase Sale American Art Association New York December 5 1924 no 140 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 place of origin Brescia Italy Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Weapons in the Walters Art Museum Gunsmiths Pistols of Italy Wheellock pistols 17th-century weapons | ||||
