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Snaphaunce Hunting Rifle

Snaphaunce Hunting Rifle. Culture: Swedish, Stockholm. Dimensions: L. 43 3/8 in. (117.8 cm). Stock maker: Signed by Jonas Schertiger the Younger (Swedish, active 1715-died 1748). Date: dated 1722. This rifle exemplifies the diverse influences shaping firearms design in eighteenth-century Sweden. Its slender proportions and small-caliber barrel are modeled after the Silesian Tschinke rifle; the prominent cheek stock is typically German, as is the use of inset brass decoration, yet the flat-faced lock copies French models. The lock mechanism, however, is unmistakably Swedish, as the snaphaunce lock was favored in Scandinavia over the wheellock and flintlock commonly used on the Continent. A gunstocker by trade, Jonas Schertiger the Younger was a member of the Stockholm cabinetmakers' guild. His name and the date of manufacture are prominently engraved on the brass inlay on the cheek stock. A blank escutcheon surmounted by a royal crown on the sideplate suggests that this gun was intended for the hunting cabinet of King Frederick I of Sweden (reigned 1720-51).
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Snaphaunce Hunting Rifle
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Snaphaunce Hunting Rifle. Culture: Swedish, Stockholm. Dimensions: L. 43 3/8 in. (117.8 cm). Stock maker: Signed by Jonas Schertiger the Younger (Swedish, active 1715-died 1748). Date: dated 1722. This rifle exemplifies the diverse influences shaping firearms design in eighteenth-century Sweden. Its slender proportions and small-caliber barrel are modeled after the Silesian Tschinke rifle; the prominent cheek stock is typically German, as is the use of inset brass decoration, yet the flat-faced lock copies French models. The lock mechanism, however, is unmistakably Swedish, as the snaphaunce lock was favored in Scandinavia over the wheellock and flintlock commonly used on the Continent. A gunstocker by trade, Jonas Schertiger the Younger was a member of the Stockholm cabinetmakers' guild. His name and the date of manufacture are prominently engraved on the brass inlay on the cheek stock. A blank escutcheon surmounted by a royal crown on the sideplate suggests that this gun was intended for the hunting cabinet of King Frederick I of Sweden (reigned 1720-51).
Technik/Material:
Steel, wood (walnut), brass, horn
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Bildnachweis:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Freigaben (Releases):
Model: Nein - Eigentum: Nein
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Bildgröße:
4192 x 3354 px | 40.2 MB
Druckgröße:
35.5 x 28.4 cm | 14.0 x 11.2 in (300 dpi)
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